Pianist Albert Cano Smit is already becoming an audience favorite for his performances as soloist with orchestra and in recital. He made his Cincinnati debut with Matinee Musicale in October 2019.  Mr. Cano Smit won First Prize at the 2019 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, as well as First Prize at the 2017 Walter W. Naumburg Piano Competition, which  presented him in recital at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. Most recently, Mr. Cano Smit was awarded the 2020 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Prize from The Juilliard School.

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. Mr. Cano Smit is currently pursuing his Artist Diploma with Robert McDonald at The Juilliard School. He is an alumnus of both the Colburn School and the Verbier Festival Academy.