What is most impressive in Licia Lucas playing, besides her clarity and purity of sound, is her delicacy allied to strength and variety...To accomplish this it was undoubtedly necessary an harmonious and intense assimilation in her personality of a great variety of musical inspirations and cultural traditions.”
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. .LA CROIX-FRANÇA
“Warm temperament, an impeccable technique and clarity of playing. Licia Lucas is a Grand Dame of the piano.”
.............................................DIARIO LAS AMERICAS-MIAMI-USA
“ Anchored by the Spaniard Manuel de Falla's Nigths in the Garden of Spain, an early 20 th century work of deserved popularity with its prominent piano part enhanced by the gracious presence and scintillating sound of pianist Licia Lucas. De Falla's color impressionism sparked by Lucas' brilliant facility, warmth of tone, and her rhythm that could be insistent or flexible.”
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THE EAGLE-TEXAS-USA
“Licia Lucas had a brilliant performance, with equilibrium, singular clarity of dexterity and perfect articulation. She worked intelligently with the orchestra, and the enthusiastic applause and bravos from the audience brought the artist back to stage several times. The Brazilian pianist has a very prestigious trajectory and her performance allowed us to meet a serious artist, mature, with transparent “touché” and precise stylish criteria.”
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. LA MAÑANA – MONTEVIDEO-URUGUAY
The different and contrasting shades of Chopin's universe found in the vigorous and passionate temperament of the performer's brilliant technique. Spontaneity and a well channeled virtuosity sealed the applauded interpretation of Brahms' Variations on a theme by Paganini.”
..................................................EL COMERCIO – LIMA – PERU
“Schubert's expressive Sonata Op. 143 in A minor opened the program and Licia Lucas recreated it with the poetry and perfectionism of an Ingrid Haebler.”
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...................................................JORNAL DO BRASIL – RIO DE JANEIRO – BRAZIL
“In the solemn inauguration ceremony at the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, there appeared a charming woman, as modest as she was elegant. As soon as her fingers touched the first chords, the audience sensed the presence of a brilliant pianist capable of being compared with foremost pianist anywhere in the world. The spell cast by this magnificent performance was only broken by the thunderous applause that followed.”
......................Natalia Constantinova-MAGAZINE AMERICA LATINA-MOSCOW-RUSSIA
Magnificent, glorious, sincere” said the Diário Popular of São Paulo, Brazil, putting Licia Lucas on its list of the best of Music. “ Her interpretation rivals those of the greatest pianists such as Vladimir Horowitz.”
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