TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 8
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Cecile Licad
An evening with
Chopin with the
Pianists’ Pianist
A
n all-Chopin Solo Piano concert was rendered
with style, grace, a sense of daring and passion
by globally acclaimed Filipina Steinway pianist
Cecile Licad will perform an all Chopin Solo Piano
concert last Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at the
Manila Polo Club.
Billed as Cecile Licad: I Love Chopin, the perfor-
mance highlighted Ms. Licad playing on the new
Steinway B-211 piano. A child prodigy who, at sev-
en had her first concert at the Philippine Philhar-
monic Orchestra and recipient of prestigious music awards that include
the Leventrill Gold Medal at 19, Ms. Licad further honed her natural talent
at the Curtis Institute of Music under the tutelage of three of the greatest
pianists of that time: Rudolf Serkin, Mieczuslaw Horszowski and Seymor
Lipkin. Dubbed as the ‘pianists’ pianist’ by renowned music critics Ms.
Licad is esteemed for her awesome performances of the greatest classical
works that run the gamut from Bartok, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff to
Brahms, Mendelsson and Mozart.
Cecile Licad: I Love Chopin was presented by Philippine Airlines, the
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc. (PPOSI) and Childhope
Philippines, Inc. Also providing more support for this concert were First
Gen, HSBC, Steinway Boutique Manila, Inc. Ayala Corp., Megaworld Cor-
poration, Malayan Insurance Company, Inc., The Peninsula Manila, Sam-
sonite, and art and culture patron Danny Dolor.
Proceeds of this one-night engagement will benefit both PPOSI and
Childhope, Philippines. PPOSI is a non-stock, non-profit organization
whose advocacy is the welfare of the members of the Philippine Philhar-
monic Orchestra (PPO), providing uniform, accessories and spare parts of
musical instruments, scholarships for advanced degrees in music, and a
gratuity fund for the retired members, among other concerns.
Childhope Philippines Inc. is a foundation that has cared for over 10,000
street children since 1989. Childhope provides holistic care to the street
children - nutrition, health services through its mobile clinic and full time
doctor, counselling through its psychologists and social workers, and
education through its Street Education Program.
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center.gov.ph
Proceeds of this one-night engagement will benefit both PPOSI and Childhope,
Philippines. PPOSI is a non-stock, non-profit organization whose advocacy is the
welfare of the members of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO), providing
uniform, accessories and spare parts of musical instruments, scholarships for advanced
degrees in music, and a gratuity fund for the retired members, among other concerns.
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