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MARCEL PAUL MAXIMIN CIAMPI (PARIS, FRANCE 29 MAY 1891 – PARIS, FRANCE 2 SEPTEMBER 1980)

Marcel Paul Maximin Ciampi was a French pianist and teacher. He held the longest tenure in the history of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and also became head of piano classes at the Yehudi Menuhin School in England. Ciampi was taught by Louis Diémer at the Paris Conservatoire and won the first prize for pianoforte in 1909. He had a career as a concert pianist, appearing with orchestras in France, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Prague, Warsaw, Sofia and Athens. He worked with Claude Debussy. He turned to teaching and had a particular influence on Hephzibah Menuhin and her sister Yaltah Menuhin. He accepted Yaltah at age four, after hearing her play Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen. His students also included Yvonne Loriod, Cécile Ousset, Thea Musgrave, John Carmichael, Mícéal O’Rourke, Jean-Marc Luisada, Pierre Hétu, Kathryn Stott, Melvyn Tan, Nancy Bricard, Avi Schönfeld, Beryl Sedivka, Anna-Marie Globenski, Éric Heidsieck, Jacqueline Cole, and Sally Sargent. Another of his students was John-Paul Bracey, who was to become his biographer. His wife, Yvonne Astruc, was a violinist. His compositions include Six Studies for the piano. He was a jury member on competitions such as the Alexander Brailowsky Competition in Liège and the Eugène Ysa e Competition in Brussels. Ciampi was appointed an Officer of the Légion d’honneur and the Belgian Order of Léopold. He died in 1980.

TRACKLIST 

1. Etude in B Minor (Ciampi)
2. Etude No. 5 in E, “La Chasse” (Paganini-Liszt)
3. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 (Liszt)
4. Le vent dans la plaine (No. 3 from Preludes, Book I) (Debussy)
5. Les collines d’Anacapri (No. 5 from Preludes, Book I) (Debussy)
6. La fille aux cheveux de lin (No. 8 from Preludes, Book I) (Debussy)
7. La serenade interrompue (No. 9 from Preludes, Book I) (Debussy)
8. La cathédrale engloutie (No. 10 from Preludes, Book I) (Debussy)
9. (9. 10.) Legende No. 2, “St. Francois de Paule marchant sur les flots” (Liszt)
10. (11. 12.) Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1 (Chopin)
11. (13. 14.) Piano Sonata No. 11 In A Major, K. 331 Alla Turca I. Tema Con Variazioni. Andante Grazioso (Mozart)
12. (15.) Piano Sonata No. 11 In A Major, K. 331 Alla Turca II. Menuetto (Mozart)
13. (16.) Piano Sonata No. 11 In A Major, K. 331 Alla Turca III. Rondo Alla Turca. Allegretto (Mozart)
14. (17. 18.) Polonaise in E-flat Minor, Op. 26, No. 2 (Chopin)
15. (19. 20.) Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31 (Chopin)