Post by romeom on Dec 7, 2006 10:03:18 GMT
Ever heard of Cecile Licad, a Filipina concert pianist?
A reading from one of the world's leading classical label - Naxos: www.naxos.com/artistinfo/3228.htm
"Hailed for her brilliant fusion of pianistic power and poetry, Cecile Licad has received equally impressive accolades for her impeccable technique and musicality. She came to international attention in 1981, as the first musician in a decade to receive the prestigious Leventritt Gold Medal. That honor, followed by a nationally televised performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto with Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony made her one of the most sought-after soloists of her generation. Cecile Licad’s début recording of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Chicago Symphony and Claudio Abbado rose to the top of Billboard’s classical charts. Her second recording, featuring Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor and Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, with André Previn and the London Philharmonic, received the Grand Prix du Disque Frédéric Chopin. Other acclaimed recordings include solo works by Schumann as well as a recording of Ravel’s piano music and Chopin’s Etudes, Op. 10. Cecile Licad began her piano studies at the age of three with her mother Rosario in her native Manila and later studied with Rosario Picazo, a highly respected teacher. She made her orchestral début at the age of seven with the Philippine Philharmonic. Five years later she came to the United States to study with Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Seymour Lipkin and Rudolf Serkin at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she received the “Most Outstanding Student” award. She went on to study privately with Serkin for five years at his Institute for Young Musicians in Vermont. Since then, Cecile Licad’s career has brought her before many of the world’s leading conductors and orchestras as well as to recital halls and chamber music festivalsthroughout the world. "
Actually, Ive seen her once played (on a TV program in the Philippines). She played incredibly. I watched with owe as she banged on those keys with so much intensity and emotion.
A reading from one of the world's leading classical label - Naxos: www.naxos.com/artistinfo/3228.htm
"Hailed for her brilliant fusion of pianistic power and poetry, Cecile Licad has received equally impressive accolades for her impeccable technique and musicality. She came to international attention in 1981, as the first musician in a decade to receive the prestigious Leventritt Gold Medal. That honor, followed by a nationally televised performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto with Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony made her one of the most sought-after soloists of her generation. Cecile Licad’s début recording of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Chicago Symphony and Claudio Abbado rose to the top of Billboard’s classical charts. Her second recording, featuring Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor and Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, with André Previn and the London Philharmonic, received the Grand Prix du Disque Frédéric Chopin. Other acclaimed recordings include solo works by Schumann as well as a recording of Ravel’s piano music and Chopin’s Etudes, Op. 10. Cecile Licad began her piano studies at the age of three with her mother Rosario in her native Manila and later studied with Rosario Picazo, a highly respected teacher. She made her orchestral début at the age of seven with the Philippine Philharmonic. Five years later she came to the United States to study with Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Seymour Lipkin and Rudolf Serkin at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she received the “Most Outstanding Student” award. She went on to study privately with Serkin for five years at his Institute for Young Musicians in Vermont. Since then, Cecile Licad’s career has brought her before many of the world’s leading conductors and orchestras as well as to recital halls and chamber music festivalsthroughout the world. "
Actually, Ive seen her once played (on a TV program in the Philippines). She played incredibly. I watched with owe as she banged on those keys with so much intensity and emotion.
after a weekend away and 'wow! what a lot has happened over three days, but then I guessed there would be many posts and Sheffield must have been quite an event.