Cecile Licad (piano) February 27, 2009

Program:
Liszt: St. Francis of Paolo; Liszt: St. Francis of Assisi; Scriabin: Sonata No. 10, Op. 70; Scriabin: Sonata No. 5, Op. 53; Chopin: Scherzo in B Minor, Op. 20; Chopin: Scherzo in B-flat Major, Op. 31; Chopin: Scherzo in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39; Chopin: Scherzo in E Major, Op. 54

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

Pianist Cecile Licad began her piano studies at the age of three in her native Philippines, over the years growing into a pianist hailed as "utterly fearless and committed" (Winston-Salem Journal). Licad joins PCMS on Friday, February 27 at the American Philosophical Society 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 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, 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/

For more information on the composers, please visit:
Liszt:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Liszt
Scriabin:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Scriabin
Chopin:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin

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Get to Know Cecile Licad!

Watch: In this video clip, watch Cecile Licad in a live solo recital held at a Singapore hall in 2002. Licad performs the Chopin 12 Etudes, Op. 10, plus 4 encores by Rachmaninov, Gottschalk & Chopin:


Listen and Connect: Licad talks with NPR's 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