Formisano was featured in a tribute concert in honor of the legendary baritone Dimitri Hvorostovsky at Carnegie Hall, alongside renowned mezzo-soprano Nino Surguladze and many others. Winner of the “Talents of the World” voice competition in Boston and recipient of the Emerging Artist Award from the St. "A native of Torre del Greco (Naples, Italy), Giovanni Formisano has been called, “an Italian tenor in the grand tradition.” He has received high praise for his interpretations of the Italian lyric tenor repertoire, with a special affinity for the classic songs from his native Naples. It is one of the greatest honors of my life.” But now, twenty years later, I have another chance to create music on one of the Hook brothers’ grandest instruments. “That organ molded me during those formative years.” Said Ciampa. The Jamaica Plain organ was later destroyed by fire in 2005.
Hook at the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain. Ciampa’s love and respect for the Worcester Organ has roots in his experience from ages 18 to 30 playing an 1859 E. Ciampa is one of the “veteran Hook organists” according to Gagne. He currently lives in Worcester, where he serves as Director of Music at Emanuel Lutheran Church. He has performed his compositions at cathedrals in Vienna, New York City, Boston, Altenberg, Brandenberg, Tortona and Biella, and at basilicas in Rome, Turin, Loreto, Rieti and Gubbio (where Ciampa holds the title of Maestro di Cappella Onorario). Ciampa is an Italian-American composer, organist, and pianist of international repute. Leonardo Ciampa was born in Boston in 1971. Leonardo Ciampa, composer, organist, pianist
Enjoy the program selection including excerpts from Madame Butterfly, La Traviata, and many other songs and arias. This program, which includes a full Italian program of opera and some song, will feature the distinguished voices of Ukrainian soprano, Olga Lisovskaya, Neapolitan tenor, Giovanni Formisano, and Leonardo Ciampa at the piano.
Her Majesty's Theatre, West End, United Kingdom The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber.Join us for an afternoon of Italian Opera and art song benefiting the Worcester Organ!
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