Leonardo Ciampa
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Leonardo Ciampa (born January 17, 1971 in Orient Heights, East Boston) is a composer, organist, pianist, and author.
A renowned concert organist in the United States and abroad, Ciampa is also a composer. His Sicilian-inspired works include Suite Siciliana (Op. 145), for two violins, piano, and chamber orchestra, which was commissioned by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston for their 25th anniversary season and premiered at Harvard University. Ciampa has also written a large amount of sacred music, including three Organ Symphonies and numerous Masses. (The latter were deeply inspired by the composer Don Lorenzo Perosi.)
As a pianist, Ciampa has been noted for his interpretations of Frédéric Chopin.[1] In 1995 he performed the complete Polonaises and Mazurkas in four concerts, the following year the complete Waltzes, Ballades, and Scherzos in two concerts. On 17 October 1999, Ciampa was the only pianist in Boston to honor the 150th anniversary of Chopin's death with an all-Chopin recital. As choral director, Ciampa is the founding director of Coro Polifonico of Boston, whose wide repertoire includes the once-famous works of Don Lorenzo Perosi.
Ciampa's books include The Twilight of Belcanto (including an interview with famed soprano Virginia Zeani), Don Lorenzo Perosi , and A Beniamino Gigli Commemoration (the latter available in early 2007).
Ciampa currently lives with his family in Orient Heights.
[edit] References
- ^ Boston Globe, Tuesday 6 June 1995.
[edit] Books
- The Twilight of Belcanto. Leonardo Ciampa. AuthorHouse; 2nd edition (2005) ISBN 1-4184-5956-9
- Don Lorenzo Perosi. Leonardo Ciampa. AuthorHouse (2006) ISBN 1-4259-3440-4
