The Cleveland Cello Society and Cleveland Museum of Art present Santiago Cañón-Valencia Solo Cello Recital

Cellist, composer, and visual artist, Santiago Cañón-Valencia, hailing from Bogotá, Colombia, has been described as "technically flawless . . . totally under the skin of the composers' idioms" (The Strad). He was named a BBC New Generation Artist in 2022, and winner of the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition Silver Medal and Audience Favorite Awards.

The program will include Solo Suites No. 1 in G Major and No. 5 in C Minor by J. S. Bach, Sonata for Solo Cello by George Crumb, as well as two of Cañón-Valencia’s own compositions. Additionally, during the performance, paintings by Mr. Cañón-Valencia that were inspired by specific pieces on the program will be projected on a large screen.

Making his Carnegie Hall debut just a couple weeks later in early November, we are thrilled to present this super-star cellist in Cleveland!