ARTISTS
#Hayato Sumino
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1995. In 2018, while enrolled at the University of Tokyo Graduate School, she won the Grand Prix in the Special Category at the PTNA Piano Competition, launching her professional music career. In 2021, she was selected as a semi-finalist at the International Chopin Piano Competition. She also performs under the name “Cateen” on YouTube, where she has over 1.5 million subscribers. In 2024, she released her worldwide debut album ‘Human Universe’ on Sony Classical and successfully held a solo concert at Nippon Budokan. Her latest album ‘CHOPIN ORBIT’ was released in January 2026. Currently based in New York, she is actively performing both domestically and internationally.
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