Leonardo Ciampa

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Leonardo Ciampa (born January 17, 1971 in Orient Heights (East Boston)) is a composer, organist, pianist, and author.

Ciampa is the first composer to write significant compositions in a Sicilian genre, most notably Suite Siciliana (Op. 145), for two violins, piano, and chamber orchestra. He has also written a large amount of sacred music, including an Organ Symphony and numerous Masses. (The latter were deeply inspired by the great composer Lorenzo Perosi.) As a pianist Ciampa is best known for his interpretations of Chopin and Lecuona.

Ciampa is the founding director of Coro Polifonico of Boston, whose wide repertoire includes the once-famous works of Lorenzo Perosi.

Ciampa's first book, The Twilight of Belcanto, includes an interview with famed soprano Virginia Zeani. His second work, Don Lorenzo Perosi , will be available in the spring, 2006. He is currently compiling and editing Commemorazione Gigliana / A Commemoration of Beniamino Gigli, to be released in 2007.

Ciampa currently lives with his wife and son in Orient Heights.

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