Hayato Sumino

Hayato Sumino (Japanese: 角野隼斗 born July 14, 1995), also known as Cateen (Japanese: かてぃん), is a Japanese musician (a pianist / a YouTuber). He is qualified to be one of the competitors of The 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition Preliminary Stage.
==Biography==
He was born in 1995 in Yachiyo City, Chiba prefecture, Japan.
He began learning piano at the age of three with his mother, who was a piano-teacher at home.
He also started learning piano under Katsuko Kaneko when he was six years old. 
In 2014 he entered University of Tokyo, majoring mathematics, statistics and information science.
In 2018 he entered the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, engaging in research of information processing, especially automatic music transcription and automatic music timbre-based arrangement.
In 2018-2019 he was sent to France for six months to reserch more about his study field at IRCAM (the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music).
While in France he learned piano under Claire Désert and Jean-Marc Luisada. 
In March 2020 he graduated from the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Information Science and Technology with receiving Grand Prize of the President of the University of Tokyo.
Still now He learns piano under Katsuko Kaneko, Tomoaki Yoshida, Jean-Marc Luisada and jazz theory under Nana Yoshida.
==Awards==
Main awards he received were:
* Gold Prize at the category of Elementary School 1st and 2nd in the 4th Chopin International Piano Competition in ASIA in 2003
* Gold Prize at the Jr.G class in the 29th PTNA Piano Competition, Japan in 2005
* Gold Prize at the category of Junior Highschool in the 12th Chopin International Piano Competition in ASIA in 2011
* Gold Prize at the category of College General in the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in ASIA in 2017
* Grand Prix in the 42th PTNA Piano Competition, Japan in 2018, as well as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award and Steinway Award 
* 3rd Award (no second award) in the International Piano Competition of Lyon in 2019
==Career ==
He started his career as a pianist after he received Grand Prix of PTNA in 2018. 
In 2019 he performed over 30 concerts including nine salon concerts in Paris, recitals in Wien and Poland.In 2020 even though a lot of his concerts have been cancelled due to COVID-19, he has performed many live streaming concerts including "NET PIANO CO. LAB(ねぴらぼ)", in which he played with three other YouTube pianists.
 
==Discography==
Title 	Date Released 	Label 	Format 	Details
Passion 	June 7, 2019 	Warner Music Japan 	Digital download 	Chopin: Scherzo No.1, Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No.2 and more
Sumi Shimamoto Sings Ghibli Renewal Piano Version 	October 23, 2019	Warner Music Japan 	CD and digital download	All songs arranged and played piano by Sumino
image 20 emotional & relaxing 	March 4, 2020 	Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)	CD 	arranged and played piano for "Rachmaninov Symphony No.2:Ⅲ. (Piano Arranged Version)"
Hayato Sumino Rachmaninov Symphony No.2: Ⅲ.Adagio (Piano Arranged Version)	May 13, 2020 	eplus music 	Digital download 	
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External Links==
*official website
*Youtube channel
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Category:1995 births 
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Category:Japanese musicians 
Category:Japanese pianists 
Category:Musicians from Chiba Prefecture
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