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ALBERT CANO SMIT PIANO

Pianist Albert Cano Smit is already becoming an audience favorite for his performances as soloist with orchestra and in recital. He recently performed the Brahms Concerto No. 2 with the Las Vegas Philharmonic conducted by Donato Cabrera, and he has also appeared with the San Diego Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río, Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Nottingham Youth Orchestra, and American Youth Symphony.

AWARDS

2020 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Prize

First Prize at the 2017 Walter W. Naumburg Piano Competition

John Browning Memorial Prize

Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize

Alexander Kasza-Kasser Concert Prize

Friends of Music Concert Prize (NY)

Krannert Center for Performing Arts Prize

Sunday Musicale Prize (NJ)

University of Florida Performing Arts prize

Albert won First Prize at the 2019 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. He also won First Prize at the 2017 Walter W. Naumburg Piano Competition, which presented him in recital at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. Most recently, Albert was awarded the 2020 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Prize from The Juilliard School.

"He established himself as an artist to watch."

- MONTREAL GAZETTE

This past season, Albert made his New York debut at Merkin Concert Hall, presented by Young Concert Artists. This season, he will perform recitals at the Kravis Center, Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, University of Florida Performing Arts, Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, Bach Festival Montréal, and will also appear with the Jupiter Chamber Players in New York City.

IN THE PRESS

"..he makes Bach resonate in Ligeti, gives Beethoven an unsuspected iridescence, makes Scriabin dialogue with Ligeti then echoes Schumann with all these beautiful people."

-BACH TRACK (FRANCE)

"He performed with outstanding sensitivity and revealed himself to be a pianist with exceptional gifts."

-PENINSULA REVIEWS (CALIFORNIA)

"...a delicate and detailed soloist..."

-EL PERIODICO (BARCELONA)

WATCH

He has also performed at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, and for the Steinway Society The Bay Area in San Jose, New York’s Salon de Virtuosi, and Bravo! Vail, and has been in residency at the Tippet Rise Art Center. He has given recitals abroad in Xiamen, China, in France at the Wissembourg Festival and Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, at Germany’s Rheingau Music Festival, and throughout Spain. Albert is also a sought-after collaborative pianist, and has toured with violinist William Hagen in venues throughout the U.S. and in Germany, and with flutist Anthony Trionfo he has performed across the United States.

Albert is currently pursuing his Artist Diploma with Robert McDonald at The Juilliard School. Previous teachers include YCA alumnus Ory Shihor, Graham Caskie and Marta Karbownicka. He has benefited from extensive artistic advice by YCA alumni Richard Goode and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the latter with whom he gave four-hand performances at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles and Wallis Annenberg Center Hall in Beverly Hills. Albert is an alumnus of both the Colburn School and the Verbier Festival Academy.

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MANAGEMENT

Director of Artist Management

Christina Baker | christina@yca.org | 212.307.6670

Senior Artist Manager

Mic Herring | mic@yca.org | 212.307.6668

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Created By
Michele Yang
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Credits:

Chris Lee, GetClassical In School, Andreas Malkmus/Kronberg Academy