{"id":4306,"date":"2015-06-18T20:05:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T20:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somainfo.org\/?page_id=4306"},"modified":"2016-08-03T17:12:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T17:12:36","slug":"finalist-blas-canedo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/?page_id=4306","title":{"rendered":"Finalist : Blas Canedo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baritone<\/span><\/h3>\n

Recipient of the Pavel Lisitsian Award<\/h4>\n

By Master of Ceremonies, Richard Kummins<\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a>Blas Canedo\u2019s ability to engage audiences with passion and magnetism have led opera directors and conductors praising his beautiful tone, strong performance skills, and singular charisma. According to the national Colombian television program Vivamos la Opera, Canedo is considered \u201cone of the promising young talents of his generation.\u201d\u00a0 Canedo has performed over twenty five roles across the United States, South America, and Europe, including the title roles of Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Giovanni, and Signor Deluso; Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflo\u0308te, Gugliemo in Cosi fan tutte, Marcello in La Boheme, Germont in La Traviata, Belcore in L\u2019Elisir d\u2019Amore, Escamillo in Carmen, Albert in Werther, Beaupertui in Il Cappello di Paglia di Fiorenze, Dr. Miracle in Les Contes d\u2019Hoffmann, and Dr. Rappaccini in La Hija de Rappaccini.\u00a0 His professional appearances as a soloist include Opera de Colombia, Proli\u0301rica de Antioquia, TCU-Fort Worth Opera Inst., Dallas Metroplex Opera, Banco de la Repu\u0301blica, Universidad Eafit, Universidad de Caldas, City of Manizalez, and the IDCT of the City of Bogota DC. Mr. Canedo has been invited a as soloist in summer programs such as the Crescendo Institute in Hungary, Le Chiavi di Bel Canto in Houston, the Opera Singers Initiative in NYC, and Opera in the Ozarks in Arkansas.\u00a0 Mr. Canedo was finalist in the 2015 Lois Alba Competition earned the Pavel Lisitsian Memorial Award. He also won the Colombian Banco de la Repu\u0301blica Young Talents competition twice, resulting in a nationwide performance tour.\u00a0 As a recitalist, he represented Colombia in El Encuentro Internacional de Mu\u0301sica de Medelli\u0301n. Mr. Canedo was invited by the Fine Arts Chamber Players of Dallas to perform in their \u201cRising Star\u201d program at the annual Basically Beethoven Festival.\u00a0 As a concert soloist, Mr. Canedo performed Orff\u2019s Carmina Buranawith Victoria Symphony, Texas, and the Sinfo\u0301nica Nacional de Colombia, celebrating the 100 anniversary of the Conservatory of Tolima; Dvorak\u2019s Te Deumwith the Caldas Symphony of Manizales, Colombia, commemorating the city\u2019s 150th anniversary; Faure\u2019s Requiem with the Corpas Symphony of Bogota\u0301, Colombia; Schubert\u2019s G Major Mass with Red de Orquestas de Medellin; Bach\u2019s Cantata BWV 140 with Orchesta Batuta de Manizalez; Dobois\u2019s Seven Last Words of Christ with First Presbyterian Church, Wichita Falls; Durufle\u2019s Requiem with Saint John\u2019s Episcopal Church; and Bacalov\u2019s Misa in Tango with the orchestras of the First United Methodist Church in Plano and Coppell, Texas.\u00a0 Mr. Canedo earned a Bachelor of Law, LL. B. (equivalent to the Juris Doctor) from Universidad Externado de Colombia. His dissertation was titled \u201cAspects of Injury and Reparation in the Intellectual Property.\u201d Mr. Canedo earned a Master\u2019s of Music degree from Texas Christian University, a Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance from the University of North Texas, and is currently completing his doctoral studies in Vocal Performance, Voice Pedagogy and Voice Science at the University of Houston Moores School of Music.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, June 6th, 2015<\/h4>\n