Marcel Paul Maximin Ciampi (29 May 1891 – 2 September 1980) 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.
Life
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
(Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...
.
He turned to teaching and had a particular influence on
Hephzibah Menuhin and her sister
Yaltah Menuhin
Yaltah Menuhin (7 October 1921 – 9 June 2001) was an American-born British pianist, artist and poet.
Early life
Yaltah was born in San Francisco, the youngest of three extraordinarily musically gifted children. Her siblings were Yehudi Menuhin ...
. He accepted Yaltah at age four, after hearing her play
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
's ''
Kinderszenen''. His students also included
Yvonne Loriod,
Cécile Ousset,
Thea Musgrave,
John Carmichael,
MÃcéal O'Rourke,
Jean-Marc Luisada
Jean-Marc Luisada (born 3 June 1958) is a French pianist born in Bizerte, Tunisia. He started on the piano at six years old, "the normal age".
Biography
At the age of 16 he began studies at the Conservatoire de Paris under Dominique Merlet and Ma ...
,
Pierre Hétu,
,
Melvyn Tan,
Nancy Bricard
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** Arrondissement of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy
...
,
Avi Schönfeld,
Beryl Sedivka, Albert Attenelle, Anna-Marie Globenski,
Éric Heidsieck,
Jacqueline Cole
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* Jacqueline (given name), including a list of people with the name
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* ''Jacqueline'' (1923 film), ...
, and Sally Sargent. Another of his students was
John-Paul Bracey, who was to become his biographer.
[
Ciampi recorded some early electrical solo and chamber music discs for French Columbia.]Capet Quartet
The Capet String Quartet was a French musical ensemble founded in 1893, which remained in existence until 1928 or later. It made a number of recordings and was considered one of the leading string quartets of its time.
Personnel
The personnel o ...
.
His wife, Yvonne Astruc
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, 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
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The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
and the Eugène Ysaÿe Competition in Brussels.
Ciampi was appointed an Officer of the Légion d'honneur and the Belgian Order of Léopold. He died in 1980.
References
Sources
* Eric Blom
Eric Walter Blom (20 August 188811 April 1959) was a Swiss-born British-naturalised music lexicographer, music critic and writer. He is best known as the editor of the 5th edition of ''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1954).
Biogr ...
, ed., Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition (1954)
Further reading
* John-Paul Bracey, ''A Biography of French Pianist Marcel Ciampi: Music To Last A Lifetime''
External links
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1891 births
1980 deaths
Musicians from Paris
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Conservatoire de Paris faculty
20th-century French male classical pianists
French music educators
Piano pedagogues
Officiers of the Légion d'honneur