Peter Cincotti

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Peter Cincotti
Background information
Born (1983-07-11) July 11, 1983 (age 40)
New York City, U.S.
GenresPop, rock, vocal jazz
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano
Years active2000–present
LabelsConcord, 143 Records
Websitepetercincotti.com

Peter Cincotti (born July 11, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter. He began playing piano at the age of three. While in high school, he regularly performed in clubs throughout Manhattan. In 2003, Cincotti's debut album, produced by

L'Olympia, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and the Montreux Jazz Festival
where he won an award in the piano competition. Cincotti's style blends pop, rock, blues, and jazz.

Life and career

Cincotti was born in New York City. His father is of Italian descent,[3] from Cervinara, a small town in province of Avellino where he is an honorary citizen.[4] Cincotti started playing a toy piano at the age of three. While in high school, he regularly performed at clubs throughout Manhattan and performed at the White House. He graduated from Columbia University in 2005.[5] At the 2000 Montreux Jazz Festival, he won an award for a rendition of Dizzy Gillespie's A Night in Tunisia.

His 2003

Star Academy, performing Love Is Gone. Combining pop, jazz, rock and dance, Cincotti created his fourth studio album, Metropolis, produced by John Fields and released worldwide in the spring of 2012. In 2016, Cincotti released the EP Exit 105, followed by Long Way from Home
on Oct. 13 2017, Cincotti's fifth studio album which he wrote, arranged and produced.

In July 2012, he and his sister Pia Cincotti wrote and produced the musical How Deep Is the Ocean? with music and lyrics by Peter Cincotti and book by Pia Cincotti. It debuted at the

Tods and collaborated with the brand on the music video "Madeline", which was featured in the Italian edition of Vanity Fair magazine. In 2014 Cincotti wrote, arranged, and produced the soundtrack for the Italian film Le Leggi Del Desiderio (Laws of Desire) directed by Silvio Muccino
.

Cincotti appeared in a small role in the 2004 film

House of Cards, singing a duet with President Francis Underwood (played by Kevin Spacey).[6] In April 2015 he performed with Sting and Annie Lennox at The Old Vic
Gala in a tribute to Spacey.

He is a Dramatists Guild of America musical theater fellow and part of the Johnny Mercer Writing Colony at Goodspeed Musicals.

In 2017, he released the music video for his single, "Made for Me" which was debuted by

People Magazine.[7]

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Cincotti wrote and produced a song for New York called ‘Heart Of The City’, which was featured in Katie Couric’s ‘Get Inspired’ newsletter and TV shows such as Good Day New York.

Discography

DVD and video

  • Peter Cincotti: Live in New York (2004)

Chart history

Albums

List of albums, with selected peak chart positions
Year Title US Jazz US ITA SWI AUT FRA BEL (WA)
2003 Peter Cincotti 1[1] 118[8] 75[9] — — — —
2004 On the Moon — 128[10] 35[11] — — 21[12] —
2007 East of Angel Town — — 30[13] 22[14] 59[15] 16[15] 26[16]

Singles

List of singles, with selected peak chart positions
Year Title ITA SWI AUT FRA BEL (WA) BEL (FL) GER
2007 "Goodbye Philadelphia" 28[17] 10[18] 10[19] 21[20] 7[21] 21[22] 67[21]
2011 "In cerca di te" 28 — — — — — —
2013 "La felicità" 13 — — — — — —
2013 "Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hide" 96 — — — — — —
2016 "Le leggi del desiderio" — — — — — — —

References

  1. ^ a b Andrew Gilbert (April 17, 2014). "Pianist, singer Peter Cincotti not content to take easy way". SFGate. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Young & Restless". Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  3. ^ Viganò, Lorenzo (August 3, 2010). "Peter Cincotti, l'originale". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved June 28, 2017. Mio nonno paterno era di Napoli, mia nonna di Piacenza..
  4. ^ De Rosa, Vincenzo (August 29, 2015). "Cervinara in festa: che entusiasmo per il "cittadino" Cincotti". ottopagine. Retrieved June 28, 2017. I nonni di Cincotti erano infatti italiani: l'ex bambino prodigio della musica americana è per metà campano e per metà emiliano.
  5. ^ Cheney, Dina (May 2002). "Peter Cincotti '05". Columbia College Today. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "From "House of Cards" to David Guetta, Peter Cincotti Hurtles Musical Boundaries". The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  7. ^ "Peter Cincotti Releases Music Video for 'Made For Me' from His Upcoming Album Long Way from Home". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  8. ^ "Peter Cincotti Peter Cincotti Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  9. ^ "Peter Cincotti - Peter Cincotti". italiancharts.com. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  10. ^ "Peter Cincotti on the Moon Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  11. ^ "Peter Cincotti - On The Moon". italiancharts.com. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  12. ^ "Peter Cincotti - On The Moon". lescharts.com. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  13. ^ https://italiancharts.com/showitem.aspinterpret=Peter+Cincotti&titel= East+Of+Angel+Town&cat=a [bare URL] [dead link]
  14. ^ "Peter Cincotti - East of Angel Town - hitparade.ch".
  15. ^ a b "Peter Cincotti - East Of Angel Town". lescharts.com. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  16. ^ "Peter Cincotti - East of Angel Town - ultratop.be". Ultratop.
  17. ^ "History - FIMI".
  18. ^ "Peter Cincotti - Goodbye Philadelphia - hitparade.ch".
  19. ^ "Peter Cincotti - Goodbye Philadelphia".
  20. ^ "Peter Cincotti - Goodbye Philadelphia". lescharts.com. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  21. ^ a b "Peter Cincotti - Goodbye Philadelphia - ultratop.be". Ultratop.
  22. ^ "Peter Cincotti - Goodbye Philadelphia - ultratop.be". Ultratop.

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