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Gian Marco Ciampa (born 1990 in Rome) studied with Bruno Battisti d’Amario, Fabrizio Verile, Fernando Lepri and Celestino Dionisi before graduating with top honours under Maestro Arturo Tallini at the Conservatory Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 2011 he was admitted to Oscar Ghiglia’s guitar course at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, graduating with honours and a scholarship.
In 2006 Ciampa was selected from thousands of applicants to perform live on Italian national television, and in 2013 he performed before Italian political authorities at the Quirinale Palace on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, broadcast live on Rai 3. Alongside classical guitar he is an active electric guitarist, and in 2013 he founded SUPERNOVA, an ensemble of eight young Italian competition-winning guitarists.
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