So I felt I wanted to show my music on a big stage that was the Chopin competition. Various thoughts came to my mind, and I was very scared and became absolutely nervous.īut, at the same time, I am a person who is trying to make music that can be born because there is no barrier. I wasn’t sure if I should really play Chopin here.
All the more because I have done various music other than classical music, elements that should not be mixed in might have mixed in with my music unknowingly, I wondered. Q: Looking back on the Chopin competition afresh, what kind of experience was it? A life that can live in various worlds is absolutely more interesting, isn’t it? People often say I am living “outside the box.” But I am just using common sense and moving among multiple worlds. But it became evident after the competition. Sumino: Actually, I had never thought that the road I had traveled was “not ordinary” until the Chopin competition. Do you ever feel lonely or tired in exchange for having this kind of freedom? Question: You are involved in every genre such as classical music, jazz and pop. In an interview with The Asahi Shimbun, Sumino reflected on his eventful 2021 and talked about the future. He played Chopin classics such as the “Minute Waltz,” and entertained junior and senior high students with an ad-lib medley of songs such as “Castle in the Sky” and “Merry Christmas, Mr. Upon his return to Japan after the Chopin competition, Sumino’s first gig was a lecture and performance at a school in Kobe. While training as a classical pianist, Sumino also was educated in the latest music information processing technology and artificial intelligence at a research institute in Paris. His musical arrangements posted across genres have attracted about 900,000 followers on YouTube.
If Hayato Sumino were only a classical pianist, then reaching the third round of the prestigious 18th International Chopin Competition would be enough for him to rest on his laurels.īut Sumino, 26, is more in an age where he is up on the latest technology and has his own YouTube channel under the name of Cateen.Īlthough he did not win the Chopin competition in October, Sumino’s unique background made him stand out in the field of the world’s top pianists.
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