Albert Cano Smit

A musician who has been praised as “a moving young poet” (Le Devoir), Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit enjoys an international career on the orchestral, recital, and chamber music stages. Albert won First Prize in the 2019 YCA Susan Wadsworth and 2017 Walter W. Naumburg International Competitions. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras throughout the world including the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Montréal Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Filarmónica de Boca del Río, Barcelona Symphony, and the Manchester Camerata, among others. Recital highlights have included his Carnegie Hall debut presented by The Naumburg Foundation, his Merkin Hall and Kennedy Center debuts presented by YCA, recitals at Herbst Theatre, Festival Bach Montréal, Paris’ Fondation Louis Vuitton, and Germany’s Rheingau Music Festival, at the Palau de la Música, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid. His debut solo recording features J.S. Bach’s Art of the Fugue on the Aparté label, and has collaborated with flutist Anthony Trionfo, violinist William Hagen, Paul Huang, Pinchas Zukerman, and ensembles such as the Ebène, Szymanowski, Gerhard, Cosmos, Callisto, Kebyart quartets and others. Born in Switzerland, Albert recently completed an Artist Diploma with Robert McDonald at the Juilliard School. Early on, he studied music at Montserrat mountain’s Escolanía de Montserrat choir, and attended the Verbier Festival Academy.