Friends: next year is the Chopin Year, the great composer's 200th birthday. It's true: I am commemorating the event with nine concerts, three each at three different locations, between April and October, 2010, at approximately three-week intervals, and yes, all the proceeds from all nine concerts will go to charity.
It was brought to my attention that my page on Wikipedia has been vandalized. Someone going by "Grover Cleveland" added a {{citation needed}} tag after almost every sentence. He also recommended the page for deletion. I will look into how to deal with Wiki vandalism. In the meantime, here you have it: my personal declaration, on my official blog, that I am indeed planning this Chopin celebration.
Photo by Robert Castagna (2008)
About Me
- Leonardo Ciampa
- Boston/Natick, MA, United States
- LEONARDO CIAMPA is an organist, pianist, composer, author, and vocal coach/accompanist and is highly thought of in each of those areas. Ciampa's compositions (which have been called “Neoromantic”) include orchestral, choral, chamber, and solo compositions. As an organ recitalist, Ciampa has made numerous tours of Italy, Austria, and Germany. Currently he is Artistic Director of the MIT Chapel Organ Concerts and Music Director of Christ Lutheran Church in Natick, MA. As a piano recitalist, Ciampa is known for his warm sound and colorful style reminiscent of the Golden Age of Pianists (pre-World War I). He is especially noted for his interpretations of Chopin, whose 200th birthday he commemorated with a series of six recitals in Boston (fall, 2010). Mr. Ciampa's compositions are published exclusively by CIC (http://cicmusica.com).