On pianist Cecile Licad’s sixth and second to the last appearance in a grueling tour of Manila, Iloilo, Nueva Ecija, Baguio and finally Roxas City, Prof. Ben Tapang of the University of the Philippines Baguio and Guacamole Productions introduced her as the “sublime goddess of music” who needed no introduction.
Pianist Cecile Licad’s winning streak from New York’s Carnegie Hall to the Empress Theater in Vallejo, California surfaced anew in USA’s far south when she was greeted with a close to 10-minute standing ovation after her Schumann Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 with the North Mississippi Symphony under the baton of Steven Byess.
Pianist Cecile Licad returned to the Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) Thursday night (January 18) with a predominantly New York audience giving her a rousing standing ovation.
By PABLO A. TARIMAN WORLD-CLASS Filipino pianist Cecile Licad will once again define herself as a musician when she plays Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Spokane Symphony in Washington on September 19 and 20 and in Manila on October 2, 2015 with the ABS CBN Philharmonic under the baton of Gerard Salonga.
PABLO A. TARIMAN On her birthday (May 11), Cecile Licad was working for her recital in Portland on May 16, where she has prepared a unique and adventurous program. The celebrated pianist’s vast interpretative power will see her perform 19th and early 20th century works by American and European composers Mason, Gottschalk, MacDowell, Ornstein, Busoni
By PABLO A. TARIMAN THE typhoon that killed hundreds in the Visayan region elicited shock and an outpouring of sympathy from the country’s leading performing artists. “It is horribly sad,” said pianist Cecile Licad who expressed willingness to participate in any fundraising concert. The pianist once again received standing ovations for her performance of
By PABLO A. TARIMAN THEY are no doubt about it, the best in their respective artistic fiefdom. What happens when they share the stage for two nights? Metro Manila got a most-needed respite from scams and scandals when Cecile Licad, Lea Salonga and Lisa Macuja Elizalde — along with the ABS CBN Philharmonic under Gerard
By PABLO A. TARIMAN LISZT’S Piano Concerto No. 1 and Totentanz (Dance of Death) are obviously not the ideal ingredients for surefire box office success of any classical concert. Whether we like it or not, Filipinos love Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky (not exactly in that order) but Liszt’s Dance of Death for a finale? Chopin’s
By PABLO A. TARIMAN CELEBRATED pianist Cecile Licad turns a year older on May 11 coping with varied recital and orchestral program that give her very little time to relax and reflect on both her personal and musical life. She will observe her special day with her family in Manila while glued on the
By PABLO A. TARIMAN BLUES and country music in Tupelo, Mississippi took a backseat Saturday night last week when world-acclaimed Filipino pianist Cecile Licad performed for the first time with the Tupelo Symphony Orchestra under Steven Byess as soloist in Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major and Totentanz: Paraphrase on Dies Irae
