The recital begins at noon in OCC's Music Room 101.
Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
A native of Japan, Kato began playing the piano at the age of three. At 12, she captured first prize in a piano competition in Saitama, her hometown. She graduated from Tokyo College of Music High School, and spent a summer enrolled in a music program at the University of Hawaii. She studies under Orange Coast College piano professor, Dr. Brian Gould. During Thursday's recital, Kato will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy.