"A pianist's pianist" (The New Yorker)

Pianist Cecile Licad began her piano studies at the age of three in her native Philippines.  Hailed as an "utterly fearless and committed" (Winston-Salem Journal) pianist, Licad joins PCMS on Friday, February 27 for a program of Liszt, Scriabin and Chopin.

Cecile Licad first received international recognition in 1981 as one of the youngest musicians to receive the prestigious Leventritt Gold Medal, and she has appeared as soloist with the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and National Symphony, among others.  She is also a highly accomplished chamber musician, performing with ensembles such as the Guarneri and Takács Quartets and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.  Her summer festival appearances have included Marlboro Music, Caramoor, Tanglewood, the International Music Festival of Seattle, the Mostly Mozart Festival and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.  Ms. Licad recently released a new CD of three works by Maurice Ravel.

For more information on Cecile Licad, please visit: http://www.cecilelicad.com/

Get to Know Cecile Licad!

Watch: In this video clip, watch Cecile Licad's solo recital live in Singapore.  She performs the Chopin 12 Etudes, Op. 10 plus four encores by Rachmaninoff, Gottschalk & Chopin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA-7k_aQWCk

Listen and Connect: Licad talks with NPR Performance Today host Fred Child at the La Jolla SummerFest in 2005, then plays Mendelssohn's "Song Without Words," Op. 53, No. 3, and the opening movement to the Sonata No. 2 by Rachmaninoff. To hear the interview and performances, click here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4815080