The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra, led by Conductor Stuart Malina, welcomes acclaimed pianist Albert Cano Smit for a weekend of concerts on Saturday, November 7 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, November 8 at 3:00 pm at the Performing Arts Center, 10 Hillside Road, Greenwich. Tickets are available here.
The program features Edvard Grieg’s beloved Piano Concerto, with Cano Smit as soloist, alongside Richard Strauss’s dazzling tone poem Don Juan and Alexander Borodin’s Symphony No. 2.
Spanish-Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit has been praised for his captivating artistry, poetic musicianship, and expressive storytelling. Winner of the 2019 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions and the 2017 Naumburg Piano Competition, he has established an international career as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.
Mr. Cano Smit has appeared with orchestras including the Seattle Symphony, Montréal Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Barcelona Symphony, and Catalonia National Orchestra. His recital engagements have taken him to Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, and major festivals throughout North America and Europe.
A dedicated chamber musician and advocate for new music, he has collaborated with leading artists and ensembles and has premiered works written especially for him by composers including Stephen Hough and Katherine Balch. He is also a frequent touring partner of flutist Anthony Trionfo and violinist William Hagen.
Born in Geneva to a Dutch mother and Spanish father, Cano Smit speaks five languages and began his musical training at the renowned Escolania de Montserrat choir school. He studied at the Colburn School and The Juilliard School, where he earned both a Master’s degree and Artist Diploma and received the Rubinstein Prize for Piano. He currently resides in New York City.
The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra is a fully professional orchestra featuring world-class soloists in five concert weekends per year, performing in an acoustically excellent concert hall, the Performing Arts Center at Greenwich High School.
Concert Details
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
Stuart Malina, Conductor / Albert Cano Smit, Piano
Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 3:00 pm At the Performing Arts Center at Greenwich High School, 10 Hillside Road in Greenwich.
Program:
Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto
Richard Strauss, Don Juan
Alexander Borodin, Symphony No. 2
Tickets are available at greenwichsymphony.org/tickets.