Arts MetroWest: Lavazza Chamber Ensemble, in concert!

Who We Are

Arts MetroWest Inc. was founded in 2012 by Leonardo Ciampa to promote cultural events throughout the MetroWest region of Massachusetts (Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Marlborough, Natick, Southborough, Wayland, Wellesley, Weston). Mr. Ciampa has a long and successful track record of organizing exciting events (including the acclaimed American debut of Italian tenor Vittorio Marciano in 1996). From 2009 to 2016, Ciampa was artistic director of organ concerts at MIT, where he brought in some of the finest American and European organists (of the caliber of Vienna’s Peter Planyavsky and England’s David Briggs). From 2012 to 2017, Arts MetroWest sponsored many remarkable concerts with the MetroWest Choral Artists, a 14-member all-professional vocal ensemble of which Ciampa was the founding director. The group performed a wide variety of repertoire from the Renaissance to the current day. Memorable performances included Mascagni's L'amico Fritz (the complete opera in concert form), Poulenc's Gloria, and a concert devoted exclusively to Ciampa's own compositions. However, Arts MetroWest has not limited itself to sponsoring choral programs. On September 28, 2014, Ciampa brought international concert organist Andrea Toschi from Italy to perform an organ recital at St. Andrew’s Church in Wellesley. Ciampa's main goal was and is a very simple one: to present great music with great musicians.

Arts MetroWest, Inc., is a corporation in good standing with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 501(c)(3) status is pending.

Friday, January 4, 2019

Lavazza Chamber Ensemble, in concert!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WHEN? Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
WHO? Lavazza Chamber Ensemble, with guest pianist Leonardo Ciampa
WHAT? Concert
WHERE? St. Andrew's Church, 79 Denton Rd., Wellesley MA
BY WHOM? Co-sponsored by Arts MetroWest, Inc. (Leonardo Ciampa, founding director) & the Lavazza Chamber Ensemble (Jan Pfeiffer-Rios, founding director)
THE PROGRAM?
Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major (K. 493)
Brahms Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor (Op.60)
FOR MORE INFORMATION? Leonardo Ciampa or Jan Pfeiffer-Rios

After an absence of several seasons, pianist Leonardo Ciampa rejoins the Lavazza Chamber Ensemble for an eagerly anticipated concert of two of the great piano quartets in the repertoire, the Mozart E-flat major (K. 493) and the Brahms C minor (Op. 60).

Founded in 1999 by cellist Jan Pfeiffer-Rios, the Lavazza Chamber Ensemble has built a large following in Greater Boston, with performances that have been consistently acclaimed for their passion and polish. January 30 marks their first performance in the beautiful acoustics of St. Andrew's Church in Wellesley.

Audiences have noted the great chemistry between Lavazza and pianist Leonardo Ciampa, particularly in the music of Johannes Brahms. Ciampa is especially eager to perform the C minor quartet once again with Lavazza. "The Andante in E major is easily one of the most beautiful movements Brahms ever composed. It oozes with his love for Clara Schumann. I don't think he ever wrote anything else that was so openly Romantic. And I personally have never worked with a cellist who plays the famous solo as beautifully as Jan Pfeiffer.

For more information about this FREE concert, email Leonardo Ciampa or Jan Pfeiffer-Rios.