Other Major Performances:

Fancy and Fantastic: A Solo Piano Recital, December 2019
“5-6”: a Chamber Music Concert featuring Beethoven’s Quintet for Winds and Piano, and Poulenc’s Sextet for Piano and Winds, February 2018
Piano Soloist, Chorale Fantasia by Ludwig van Beethoven, November 2016
Rach ‘n Roll, featuring Rachmaninov’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli and Suite no. 2 for Two Pianos, April 2016
Chamber Pianist, Asian Composers League Festival, November 2015
Chorister, AUIT Vocal Chamber Ensemble, Asian Composers League Festival, November 2015
Solo Recitalist, “Pares”, February 2015
Deutsche-Francophone: A Solo and Chamber Concert, November 2010
Participant and Chamber Music Pianist, Opusfest International Music, July-August 2008
A Piano Fantasy, December 2009
Solo Recitalist, Romantique Baroc, Feb 2009
Soloist and Collaborative Artist, MusikAbend: An Evening of German Music, September 2007
Chamber Recitalist, French Spring in Manila, July 2001


Awards and Recognition:

Grand Prize Winner, The Ultimate Pianist Competition 2006, and recipient of the Special
Awards for the Best Performance of a Work by Mozart, Best Performance of a Filipino Work,
Best Vocal Accompaniment, and Best Chamber Music Performance

Two-time recipient of the Outstanding Performance Award, Amati Music Festival in New York, 2002 and 2003

Soloist with various orchestras, having performed Piano Concerto no. 4 by Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 1 by Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 3 by Bartók, Piano Concerto in b flat minor by Abelardo, and Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Toledo

“The Art of Practice: Nurturing the Seed of Excellence” https://sites.google.com/a/blafi.org/main/home/siningbayan-palaybigaskanin-resourcematerials, 2013.


Luci Abakan Magalit graduated summa cum laude from the UP College of Music where she now teaches Piano, Piano Literature, Score Reading, and Music Theory. She has represented the country in international competitions and has performed in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Viet Nam, and the US. She has performed piano concertos with the FilharmoniKa, the Metro Manila Community Orchestra, the Metro Manila Concert Orchestra, the UP Centennial Orchestra, and the UP College of Music Centennial Orchestra. She is actively involved in the performance of New Music. She served as pianist for 25 years and Choir Director for 10 years at Diliman Bible Church in Quezon City.