Performer
Hayato Sumino, Piano

Witness the Carnegie Hall debut of international piano phenomenon Hayato Sumino. With a style both virtuosic and tender, Sumino’s interpretations of classical repertoire alone would make him one of today’s most exciting players. However, it’s Sumino’s unique, multifaceted artistry that has earned such a fervent following. Known for incorporating jazz-informed improvisational wit, a prodigious gift for composition and arrangement, a passion for film and video-game scores, and more, “musical courage and the quest to push boundaries [are] Sumino’s calling card[s]” (Classic FM). Tonight, he performs wide-ranging selections by Chopin, J. S. Bach, Gulda, and Kapustin; original works, including lush Chopin variations; and a climactic arrangement of Ravel’s Boléro.

Program
CHOPIN Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor
CHOPIN Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1
HAYATO SUMINO Nocturne No. 1, “Pre Rain”
HAYATO SUMINO Nocturne No. 2, “After Dawn”
HAYATO SUMINO Nocturne No. 3, “Once in a Blue Moon”
J. S. BACH Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826
HAYATO SUMINO New Birth (after Chopin)
HAYATO SUMINO Recollection (after Chopin)
J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 870
GULDA Prelude and Fugue
KAPUSTIN Selections from Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40
RAVEL Boléro (arr. Hayato Sumino)