Leonardo Ciampa

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Leonardo Ciampa (born January 17, 1971 in Orient Heights, East Boston) is a Neoromantic composer, organist, pianist, and author.
A concert organist in the United States and abroad, Ciampa is also a composer. His works include "The Annunciation," a cantata for chorus and soloists (premiered 9 December 2007, Arlington, MA); five Organ Symphonies a concerto for organ and piano, a piano quintet ( Variazioni Romantiche , Op. 171, premiered 4 May 2007 by Lavazza Chamber Ensemble), and a large body of sacred and secular works. 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's compositions are published by CIC.
As a concert organist, Ciampa has given numerous tours of historic organs in Italy, Austria, and Germany (2001-present) and has recorded two compact disks for AFKA Records ("No Room at the Inn" and "No Room at the Inn, Vol. II"). In 2008 Ciampa was named Director of Music & Liturgy at St. Mary - St. Catherine Parish in Charlestown, MA.
As a pianist, Ciampa has been noted for his interpretations of Frédéric Chopin. From April to October, 2010, Ciampa will commemorate Chopin's 200th birthday with nine piano recitals in the Boston area, the proceeds of each to go to charity. On 17 October 1999, Ciampa was the only pianist in Greater Boston to honor the 150th anniversary of Chopin's death with an all-Chopin recital in Brookline, MA, a fundraiser for the tuberculosis clinic at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. In 1995 he performed the complete Polonaises and Mazurkas in four concerts, the following year the complete Waltzes, Ballades, and Scherzos in two concerts, all six concerts taking place at the French Library & Cultural Center in Boston.
Ciampa is one of the most highly regarded vocal coaches and accompanists of the Italian and Neapolitan repertoires in the Boston area. He is also a poet, whose original poetry in Italian and various dialects thereof he has often set to music (e.g. "Canzoni Digiacomiane" Op. 131).
As an author, Ciampa's works include "The Twilight of Belcanto" and the first English-language biography of Don Lorenzo Perosi. Ciampa currently resides in Harvard Square.

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