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 World-renowned pianist Cecile Licad is set to captivate Manila audiences in an exclusive one-night-only concert, Cecile Licad Up Close , happening on October 1, 2025, 6:30 p.m. at the Gallery MiraNila inside the MiraNila Heritage House & Library. Presented by the Benitez-Tirona MiraNila Foundation in partnership with the Erehwon Center for the Arts , the P. Ilusorio Foundation , and Gallery MiraNila by The Blue Leaf , the concert offers an intimate evening with the multi-awarded pianist hailed by The New Yorker as “a pianist’s pianist.” Set against the garden-surrounded charm of MiraNila, Licad will perform a thoughtfully curated repertoire featuring Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight) , Schumann’s Carnaval, Op. 9 , Liszt’s St. Francis de Paolo Walking on the Waves , selections from Scott Joplin —pieces she recently performed at Carnegie Hall—and Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G Minor , the composer’s most cherished work. A recipient of the Leventritt Gold Medal , Gr...