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Santiago Cañón Valencia (born May 9, 1995 in Santafé de Bogotá) is a Colombian cellist.

Biography
Coming from a musical family (his father is a clarinetist in the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra and his sister is a violinist) he began studying cello at the age of four under the instruction of his mother Rocío Valencia and later with Henryk Zarzycki from 1999 to 2008.

In 2002 as the age of six, Cañón debuted as a soloist with the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra. That same year, he performed the Cello Concerto in A minor by Antonio Vivaldi at the León de Greiff Auditorium and at the Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Theater in Bogotá conducted by masetro Eduardo Carrizosa. He also was invited to perform as a soloist with the Cámara Orchestra of the University of Tolima conducted by masestro César Augusto Zambrano in the Tolima Theater. At the age of nine, he performed the Cello Concerto in D major by Joseph Haydn with the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra.

He participated in masterclasses by highly-recognized cellists during the 2000s decade such as Aldo Parisot, William Molina Cestari, Peter Wispelwey]], Yo-Yo Ma, Alban Gerhardt, Andrés Díaz, Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt and Franz Helmerson.

Since August 2013, he pursued postgraduate studies with Andrés Diaz at Southern Methodist University SMU in Dallas, Texas.

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se encuentra realizando sus estudios de posgrado en interpretación con Andrés Diaz en la Southern Methodist University SMU en Dallas, Texas desde agosto de 2013.

Trayectoria
Cañón-Valencia has participated in many international cello competitions. Some of his accomplishments include:
 * 2019 Tchaikovsky International Competition - 2nd prize and audience award
 * 2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium - 3rd prize
 * 2014 Pablo Casals International Competition in Budapest, Hungary - 3rd prize
 * 2014 Lennox International Young Artist Competition in Richardson - 1st prize
 * 2014 General Concerto Competition (String Contest) of the Measdows School of Music in SMU, Dallas - 1st prize
 * 2014 Lynn Harrel Concerto Competition in Dallas - 2nd prize
 * 2013 III Gaspar Cassado International Cello Competition in Japan - Prize for the best performance of "Cassadó"
 * 2012 National Concerto Competition in Christchurch, New Zealand - 1st prize
 * 2012 Johansen International String Competition in Washington, USA - 2nd prize
 * 2011 Gisborne International Music Competition in Gisborne, New Zealand - 1st prize

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Premios, reconocimientos y becas
"Medalla de plata en el concurso internacional Tchaikovsky y premio de la audiencia Rusia julio 2019"
 * Beca “Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship” Universidad de Waikato, con el maestro James Tennant, en un programa especial para solistas con talento excepcional. Se graduó con los más altos honores en noviembre de 2012. Hamilton, Nueva Zelanda - 2012.
 * Beca "Mayra y Edmundo Esquenazi" - 2011. Fundación Salvi Colombia, V Cartagena Festival Internacional de Música - Cartagena - 2011.
 * Ganador del concurso "Jóvenes Intérpretes" de la Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango. Bogotá - 2007.
 * Premio especial "Elizabeth Parisot" a la "joven promesa del violonchelo". México - 2006

Discografía

 * Diable Vert - Santiago Cañón, Katherine Austin - Atol - 2016