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Reports on Hayato Sumino's debut in the U.S. - Boston Pops Orchestra: John Williams Tribute

karikari_1127

Finally, and officially, Hayato Sumino made his debut in the U.S. on September 23, 2023, taking part as a special guest in the Boston Pops Orchestra's concert called "John Williams Tribute."

Here are some of the comments I found on X (former Twitter) of those who attended the concert.

Comments by Ash

<<Translation>>
The venue was very crowded again today. The orchestra was as perfectly wonderful as yesterday, and the reaction of the audience, proud of the local orchestra and John Williams, was palpable. Before Mr. Sumino appeared for the performance of “Sabrina” in the first part of the concert, the Maestro first introduced him by saying, "We will be performing with extraordinary Japanese musicians on the tour [to Japan], and this is one of them.” In the second part of the concert, Mr. Sumino performed Gershwin’s Concerto in F as a greeting, and seemed to show the audience just how great he is.
The Maestro referred to his performance as sensational, and while the excitement was still high, Mr. Sumino gave a speech in English. He said to the effect that, “This year I moved to New York and this is my debut in the U.S. It is a great honor for me to perform at John Williams' concert in a wonderful venue and with a wonderful orchestra. I will never ever forget this day in my life," in a clear tone of voice, and I felt that the audience was moved by his speech and wanted to support him. From there, he himself introduced the name of the encore piece, “I got rhythm.”
Those who were sitting around me were all locals, but the woman in front of me was relaxing and listening with a hand-held fan blowing wind in her face at first, but during “Concerto in F”, the fan was gone before I knew it, and her head was in a sideways groove? The elderly woman nearby was also listening to the music in a good mood, so I guess Gershwin is very popular! Middle-aged (?) man in the back, made a gesture of "Hats off" at Level 5 when I heard the sound of laughter leaking out from him.
The man in front of me was like, “Wow.., ” making a sideways shake of the face. The reaction of the audience was already positive as soon as Mr. Sumino introduced "I got rhythm", but it got also very exciting when he said "10 levels".
#Hayato Sumino

DeepL translation edited by karikari_1127

Comments by mayu@ta

<<Translation>>
I could go to the concert safely! It was fun! The audience enjoyed watching movies we have been familiar with for a long time on the big screen and the powerful live music. The audience laughed at the interview with John Williams (sadly, my English is not good enough... I'm sure subtitles would be available in the concerts in Japan). Putting her elbows on the handrail, a woman on the 2nd floor balcony was fascinated by Mr. Sumino’s beautiful “Sabrina” and “ET”. The second part, Gershwin’s “Concerto in F”attracted the locals. The audience started the applause prematurely before the end of the performance and gave standing ovations to him. When Mr. Sumino said to the audience that he had started living in New York and that this was his concert debut in the U.S., the audience gave another warm round of applause. The man next to me also gave a "WOW" as he listened to the encore, "Ten Levels of I got rhythm”. At the end of the show, the entire audience was on their feet. Congratulations to Cateen on his U.S. debut!
I am thankful that I was miraculously able to come to such a fun and wonderful concert! After the show, Ash told me about the autograph session, and we joined the queue. I really appreciate a series of miracles. Thank you Ash!

DeepL translation edited by karikari_1127

Comments by RuiRui

Since this person's post has more than 140 characters, I added the image. Please refer to the original post from the link below.

https://twitter.com/scottie2jp/status/1705756674064072959?s=20

<<Translation>>
Today I went to Boston to listen to another favorite, pianist Hayato Sumino (Cateen), who made his U.S. debut at the Boston Pops John Williams Tribute concert. In the concert he performed “ET” and “Sabrina” in the first half, Gershwin's Concerto (3rd movement) in the second half. The soloist encore was “Ten levels of "I got rhythm". I was glad to be able to listen to this concert, as I usually only heard it on the Internet.

DeepL translation edited by karikari

BlueEyesNeko

<<Translation>>
It was a pleasure to witness Hayato Sumino's debut in the United States. The American family seated next to us were his fans and had flown in from Kentucky. They became fans after watching "Twinkle, Twinkle, Twinkle" on Youtube.

DeepL translation edited by karikari_1127

Comments by Riko Matsuoka (Harpist, who moved to Boston recently)

<<Translation>>
I went to the Symphony Hall to listen to the Boston Pops Orchestra and Mr. Sumino, pianist who are coming to Japan in October. Wonderful performances and tunes with American taste!

DeepL translation edited by karikari_1127


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