Guest Piano Solo, Hayato Sumino Performance
St. Helen's Anglican Church, 4405 W 8th Ave, Vancouver
World renowned piano soloist to play a short recital for students. Students to wear their blazers.
Hayato Sumino-piano performance- Arturo Toscanini, in a rehearsal, snapped at his star soloist, “Under the sun, no one can see the stars!”
In the conspicuous absence of Gustavo Dudamel this summer, and in a ‘June gloom’ that overstayed its welcome well into July in the Hollywood Hills, the stars all came out to play and shone brightly.
The brightest star thus far was Hayato Sumino, who made his Bowl debut on July 22 with an impressive resume: a 2021 Chopin International Piano Competition semi-finalist, a university degree in mathematics, a YouTube star known as “Cateen” with 1.48 million subscribers. His jazz rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was full of fanciful, surprising improvisations that often pushed interpretive boundary to unknown territories.
In one of his many jazzy cadenzas, Mr. Sumino blew into a melodica mini-keyboard via an attached tube, creating an auditory illusion of a jazz duo for piano and harmonica (or it could be a phone ringtone.) When he returned to play an encore – Gershwin’s “I’ve Got Rhythm” – it was with the same irrepressible, foot-stumping energy and virtuoso improvisation that bordered on the maniacal. It brought awe and smiles to the faces of LA Phil musicians, and the capacity audience to their feet.
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In the conspicuous absence of Gustavo Dudamel this summer, and in a ‘June gloom’ that overstayed its welcome well into July in the Hollywood Hills, the stars all came out to play and shone brightly.
The brightest star thus far was Hayato Sumino, who made his Bowl debut on July 22 with an impressive resume: a 2021 Chopin International Piano Competition semi-finalist, a university degree in mathematics, a YouTube star known as “Cateen” with 1.48 million subscribers. His jazz rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was full of fanciful, surprising improvisations that often pushed interpretive boundary to unknown territories.
In one of his many jazzy cadenzas, Mr. Sumino blew into a melodica mini-keyboard via an attached tube, creating an auditory illusion of a jazz duo for piano and harmonica (or it could be a phone ringtone.) When he returned to play an encore – Gershwin’s “I’ve Got Rhythm” – it was with the same irrepressible, foot-stumping energy and virtuoso improvisation that bordered on the maniacal. It brought awe and smiles to the faces of LA Phil musicians, and the capacity audience to their feet.
Since 1996, West Point Grey Academy has gratefully resided on the Jericho Lands, the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation. Honoured to learn and play on these beautiful lands, we endeavour to be a leader in Indigenous education. In creating shared understanding and opportunities, we hope to help foster a more equitable society for all.
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