MANILA, Philippines - What do film composer Willie Cruz, Nonie Buencamino, film director Mike de Leon, LVN matriarch Donya Sisang (de Leon), composer Francisco Buencamino, and pianist Cecile Licad ...

Cecile Licad’s last Philippine performance, to mark her 40th year as a concert pianist and the 125th brith anniversary of her illustrious ancestor, composer Francisco Buencamino, is still the talk of ...

Cecile Licad’s fingers were flying so fast her hands were a blur. Technically flawless, stunningly expressive, virtuosic to degrees that boggle the mind. This pianist took our breath away. The ...

When the Seattle Symphony announced a special concert featuring the dynamic pianist Cecile Licad — absent from the orchestra’s soloist lineup for a decade — ticket buyers took notice. When people ...

Cecile Licad with PPO under Olivier Ochanine. A timely fundraiser for the projects of the Philippine-Italian Association. Last Tuesday, three days before her Chopin No. 1 and 2 concert (Oct. 27) at ...

When Cecile Licad agreed to perform in a Makati shopping mall last Friday in her bid to reach out to new audiences, the first concern was how to get the best piano available. The first offered to her ...

SAN FRANCISCO — World-renowned concert pianist Cecile Licad stunned a mostly Filipino American audience with an astonishing performance June 24 at Herbst Theatre of the San Francisco War Memorial ...

When Cecile Licad plays Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28 on Dec. 5 at the Carnegie Hall in New York City, she will once more assert her distinguished link with the legendary Polish composer who died on ...

The concert world is full of deceptive appearances, but few more striking than that of pianist Cecile Licad — who looks delicate, and plays like a powerhouse. The Philippine-born Licad, now 46, has ...

As she unleashed the deepest parts of her soul, eyes closed, head tossed back, her body moved gracefully as she ran her fingers on the ivory keys. Cecil Licad’s performance is a display of a sacred ...