The only child of Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo, dedicated to classical ballet from childhood, Cecilia completed her studies at the Royal Ballet School of London, and directed a ballet school from 1967 to 1987 in Brussels. She is married to Agustín León Ara, renowned violinist.
In 1989 she founded the publishing house Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo for the purpose of publishing, safeguarding and promoting her father’s works, receiving in 1999 and again in 2006 the prize for best publisher of classical music awarded by the Spanish Authors Society and the Spanish Society of Artists and Performers.
Cecilia was President of the Association of Spanish Publishers of Symphonic Music from 1999 to 2002.