Swiss-born pianist Albert Cano Smit, First Prize winner of the 2017 Naumburg Competition, will be the featured artist in the December concert of Steinway Society – The Bay Area’s 25th Anniversary Season. The concert will be held Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. at West Valley College in Saratoga. A pre-concert talk starts at 1:45 p.m. The artist will be available to meet the audience following the concert.
Albert Cano Smit won his first international competition at age 14. Since then, his first prize winnings include the International Piano Competition Eugenia Verdet, The Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Junior Intercollegiate Competition, and the Royal Northern College of Music’s Chopin Prize. Smit was a finalist in the Concours International de Montreal and recently made his Carnegie Hall debut. His Fondation Louis Vuitton recital at the Frank Gehry designed “glass cloud” in Paris earlier this year was broadcast live globally.
Smit’s performance is the first of three concerts for the Steinway Society — The Bay Area that will be held at West Valley College in Saratoga this season.
“…plays with the maturity of someone three times his age.”
--CBC Music
Single Tickets: $40-$60. Senior/Student Discounts Available. Student Rush $10, thirty minutes prior to performance.