Cecile Licad

Si Cecile Licad (Ipinanganak 11 Mayo 1961) ay isang tanyag na Pilipinang piyanista. Maaga siyang natutong tumugtog ng piyano. Isa siya sa magagaling na Pilipinong iskolar sa musika na pinag-aral sa Estados Unidos. Nanalo na siya sa ilang paligsahang pandaigdig sa pagtugtog ng piyano. Binansagan siyang "piyanista ng isang piyanista" ng The New Yorker, ang kanyang kasiningan niya, ay pinaghalong likas na musikero at mahusay na pagsasanay."^[1]

1. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, in A minor Op.43 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Claudio Abbado conducting from CBS Masterworks Records (1984).
2. Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 and Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 with André Previn conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra from CBS Masterworks.
3. Schumann's Carnaval, Papillons and Toccata in C Major from Sony Classical (1990).
4. Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor ('In Memory of a Great Artist'), Op. 50 and Brahms Trio for horn (or viola or cello), violin & piano in E flat major, Op. 40 with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Antonio Meneses and John Cerminaro from EMI (1994).^[2]
5. Cecile Licad Performs Chopin for Music Masters (1995).
6. Franck & Brahms Sonatas: Salerno-Sonnenberg Licad with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg for EMI.
7. Complete Beethoven Edition, Vol. 14: Misc. Chamber Works for Deutsche Grammophon (1997). Cecile with Patrick Gallois on flute performing Beethoven's Six National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano, Op. 105 and Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano, Op. 107.
8. Ravel: Piano Works from Musical Heritage Society (1998).
9. Summerfest La Jolla 1998 from La Jolla Chamber Music Society (1998).
10. Marlboro Music Festival 50th Anniversary Album from Bridge Records (2001). Cecile with Mieczyslaw Horszowski performing Beethoven's Three Marches for Piano, 4 hands, Op. 45.^[3]
11. Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Haydn Guitar Quartet in D Major; Korngold Piano Quintet from Koch Classics (2002). Cecile with Arnold Steinhardt, Benny Kim and Eric Kim performing Korngold's Piano Quintet in E Major, Op. 15.
12. Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Piano Music from Naxos (2003).^[4]
13. Casals Encores from Hyperion Records (2011) with Cecile accompanying cellist Alban Gerhardt in an album of favorite encore pieces of Pablo Casals.^[5]

• Cecile Licad's Official Web Site.
• Cecile Licad Music Samples on Amazon.com