Albert Cano Smit

Swiss-born pianist Albert Cano Smit won major competitions and has been heard widely in North America, where he was partly trained. In the 2020s, his career has extended to Europe and Asia as well. His solo recitals have included various world premieres. In 2025, Smit released his debut album, Bach: The Art of Fugue. Smit was born on October 4, 1996, in Geneva, Switzerland, to a Spanish father and a Dutch mother. He now speaks five languages. Smit showed talent as a child and left home at age nine to attend the Escolania de Montserrat music school in Spain. He went on to the ...