Santiago Cañón-Valencia cello

Santiago Cañón-Valencia has been praised as one of the most promising young cellists of his generation. A 2022 BBC Next Generation Artist and Winner of the Silver Medal and “Audience Favorite” Award at the 2019 XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition, Mr. Cañón-Valencia has been a fixture of the International Cello Competition for many years.

Awarded third prize at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth International Competition 2017 in Brussels, he is also a 2018 Starker Foundation Award recipient as well as 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.

Cañón-Valencia’s recital in Kansas City is in collaboration with Harmony Project KC.