The first day of rehearsals for last year’s “The Legends and the Classics” had just finished. The orchestra members had all filed out. The stagehands were packing up.
EITHER in defiance or in denial of my age, I continue to celebrate life full of energy and passion. And what better way is there to defy and deny than to have a Zumba party?
The Filipino audience outdid themselves Saturday night at Carnegie Hall by giving an ovation to every number of the 80-member Philippine Philharmonic.
Pianist Cecile Licad started the year with a bang getting a standing ovation at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall Jan. 18....
Filipino pianist Cecile Licad continued her phenomenal mastery of the Chopin and Liszt repertoire with another electrifying recital in California and Boston.
The last week of October was a virtual feast for music lovers who saw a chamber version of “La Traviata”...
Three world class muses—ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, pianist Cecile Licad and singer Lea Salonga—will be sharing the stage for the first time at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Diva Lea Salonga, prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde and virtuoso pianist Cecile Licad once more awed music and dance lovers in their repeat performance of “The Legends and the Classics” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Your mantra for the week: “I am learning more every day and moving on to something better in every way.”
Four pianos from different manufacturers figured in the recent engagements of Cecile Licad in Manila and the provinces.