Albert Cano Smit appeared by arrangement with Young Concert Artists, Inc.
Program
| Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Sebastian Bach | The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (selections) | 1746? |
| Franz Schubert | Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784 | 1823 |
| Intermission | ||
| György Ligeti | Étude No. 15: “White on White” | 1995 |
| Étude No. 16: “Pour Irina” | 1995 | |
| Alexander Scriabin | Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42 No. 5 | 1903 |
| Isaac Albéniz | Iberia, Book 1: Évocation | 1906 |
| Iberia, Book 1: El Puerto | 1906 | |
| Franz Liszt | Transcendental Études, S. 139: XI. Harmonies du soir | 1852 |
| Transcendental Études, S. 139: IV. Mazeppa | 1852 |
About the Artist
Albert Cano Smit
A musician who has been praised as “a moving young poet” (Le Devoir), Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit enjoys a growing international career on the orchestral, recital, and chamber music stages. He has appeared as a soloist with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Montréal Symphony, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Elgin Symphony, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río, Barcelona Symphony, Catalonia National Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Nottingham Youth Orchestra, and American Youth Symphony.
Recital highlights have included his Carnegie Hall debut presented by The Naumburg Foundation, his Merkin Hall debut presented by Young Concert Artists, recitals at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre, Paris’ Fondation Louis Vuitton, the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater in Washington, DC, Germany’s Rheingau Music Festival, and return performances at the Steinway Society in San Jose. He also tours extensively with flutist Anthony Trionfo and violinist William Hagen.
Albert was First Prize winner at the 2017 Walter W. Naumburg Piano Competition. Additional special prizes at the 2019 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions include The Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize, the Alexander Kasza-Kasser Concert Prize for support of his Kennedy Center debut, the Friends of Music Concert Prize (NY), and the Sunday Musicale Prize (NJ).
A polyglot who speaks five languages, Albert was born in Geneva, the son of a Dutch mother and Spanish father. He left home at 9 to join the Escolania de Montserrat choir school, where hours of rehearsal every day strongly affected his musical development. Albert recently completed an Artist Diploma and Masters Degree with Robert McDonald at the Juilliard School, where he was awarded the 2020 Rubinstein Prize for Piano. He also holds a BA in Piano Performance from the Colburn School with Ory Shihor, and studied at Chetham’s School of Music with Marta Karbownicka and Graham Caskie. He is an alum of the Verbier Festival Academy and Ravinia Steans Institute.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Albert holds a BA in Piano Performance from the Colburn School, as well as a MM and Artistic Diploma from the Juilliard School. He currently resides in New York City.