SANTIAGO CAÑÓN VALENCIA, CHELO

PROGRAM

J. S. Bach                      Suite No. 2, BWV 1008.

Damián Ponce de León  La ruta de la mariposa

Paul Hindemith             Sonata for solo cello No. 3, Op. 25

César Zambrano            Suite No. 2 for solo cello

Santiago Cañón             Ascenso hacia lo profundo

“Technically flawless, he’s totally under the skin of the composers’ idioms.” - The Strad

Santiago Cañón-Valencia has been praised as one of the most promising young cellists of his generation. Born in Bogota in 1995, his major musical mentors have been Henryk Zarzycki in Colombia, James Tennant in New Zealand, and Andres Díaz in the United States.

Winner of the Silver Medal and “Audience Favourite” Award at the 2019 XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition and the 2018 Starker Foundation Award, Mr. Cañón-Valencia has been a constant figure of the International Cello Competition scene for many years. He was awarded third prize at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth International Competition 2017 in Brussels. He is also a First Prize winner of the Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition, Beijing International Music Competition, Gisborne International Music Competition, and Lennox International Young Artists Competition. He was also a major prize winner of the Sphinx, Casals, Johansen, Cassadó, and Adam cello competitions.

Mr. Cañón-Valencia made his orchestral debut as a soloist when he was six years old with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá. Since then, he has appeared with all the major orchestras in his native Colombia and his international solo career has taken him around the world to perform with orchestras such as the Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra with Christoph Eschenbach, Brussels Philharmonic with Stephane Deneve, St Petersburg Philharmonic with Nikolai Alexeev, Moscow Soloists with Yuri Bashmet, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, among others.

Recording for the Atoll label in New Zealand, his debut CD “Solo” has been internationally acclaimed.