Hiroshi Kato graduated from the Music High School of the Tokyo University of the Arts before earning a bachelor’s degree and winning the Ataka Award there as well. After winning 3rd Place in the Geneva International Music Competition in 1990, he studied with István Lantos at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Hungary, then continued studying in Cologne with Pavel Gililov from 1996. He has performed with various orchestras including the Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and performed at multiple festivals such as the Wiener Festwochen, Prague Spring International Music Festival, March Music Days (Rousse, Bulgaria), and Festival du Haut-Limousin, among others. He has made various television appearances with broadcasters including the BBC, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Télévision Suisse Romande, and Magyar Televízió, and appeared at major concert halls in Europe such as the Wiener Musikverein and Wigmore Hall. Kato performs chamber music with members of the Wiener Philharmoniker, especially with Rainer Küchl, with whom he has regularly performed internationally since 1999. In 2019, he released his first solo album zum Raum wird die Zeit -Hommage an Wagner- from Octavia Records, to critical acclaim. He received the Grand Prize in the music category at the 74th Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Festival in 2019. This is his second appearance at PMF, after performing at PMF 2022.