Professor of clarinet at the Manuel Castillo Superior Conservatory in Seville and a Yamaha Artist, clarinetist Francisco Cantó is recognized by critics for the elegance and brilliance of his interpretations.

With an international training carried out in institutions such as the Conservatorio Superior de Málaga, where he obtained the Final Degree Award, the Royal College of Music in London and at the University of Indiana (USA), where he completed advanced studies with Howard Klug, Francisco has a consolidated career in two parallel facets: soloist and teacher.

Passionate about chamber music, he has given concerts in venues in Spain, England, France, Poland, Scotland or Portugal. Frequently invited by orchestras such as the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada and the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Francisco has also collaborated with groups such as the RCM Sinfonietta, New Perspectives Ensemble, RCM Classical Orchestra (in the United Kingdom) or the Indiana University Orchestra. having worked with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin or Roberto Abbado, among others.

He combines his career as a performer with his vocation for a much more modern and comprehensive clarinet teaching that emphasizes the biomechanics of the human being and a greater conceptualization of both technical and interpretive issues. He has given masterclasses in diferent countries such as Spain, France, Poland, Armenia, Estonia, Georgia or Azerbaijan. Since 2018, he is a professor of clarinet, by competition, at the Conservatorio Superior"Manuel Castillo" in Seville, having obtained the highest qualification in his specialty.

Francisco Cantó is also an instructor of Qi Gong, an oriental psycho-physical discipline that transversely influences his conception of the pedagogy of wind instruments.

Born in Cádiz, he began his musical studies at the age of eight at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Música Manuel de Falla in his hometown, receiving the Middle Grade Honor Award in the specialty of clarinet, a training that continued in the United Kingdom and the United States, having received his most direct influences from his teachers Michael Collins, Carlos Gil and Jose Luis Estellés.