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

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, reached No. 1 on the ''

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'' jazz chart, making Cincotti the youngest musician to do so. This led to performances at

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, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and the

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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, from Cervinara, a small town in province of

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where he is an honorary citizen. 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

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. He graduated from

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in 2005. At the 2000

, he won an award for a rendition of

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's '' A Night in Tunisia''. His self-titled debut album is a compilation of traditional jazz songs, originals, and covers of classic songs ranging from the

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. His second album, ''

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'', featured more of the artist's own songs as well and new arrangements of American standards. Combining elements of pop, jazz, funk and, rock, his third studio album, ''

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'', features all original works and was released in 2007 in Europe and in January 2009 in the United States. This project began when Cincotti joined record producer

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(who signed him to a contract with 143 Records), producer

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, and producer Jochem van der Saag. He toured around the world, promoting the album with his single "Goodbye Philadelphia" and later joined

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on tour in the U.S. In 2008, he collaborated with French DJ

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and they appeared on the finale of ''

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'', performing ''

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''. 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, Peter'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

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. In 2013 he participated in the

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, singing the song ''La Felicità (The Happiness)'' with Simona Molinari. Later that year, Cincotti was named the first male ambassador for Italian luxury designer

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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 '' Beyond the Sea'' about

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and contributed to the film's soundtrack. He had a small role as the piano player in the

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in ''

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''. His song ''December Boys'' is featured in the 2007 film ''

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'' starring

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. He appeared as himself in Season 3 (2015) of the Netflix series ''

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'', singing a duet with President Francis Underwood (played by

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). In April 2015 he performed with Sting and

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Gala in a tribute to Spacey. He is a

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musical theater fellow and part of the Johnny Mercer Writing Colony at

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

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. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Peter wrote and produced a song for New York called ‘Heart Of The City’, which was featured in

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’s ‘Get Inspired’ newsletter and TV shows such as

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. In late 2020 and early 2021, Peter began work on his highly anticipated upcoming album ’88 Keys and Me’, which will honor some of the most influential piano men and women of all time, featuring songs by artists ranging from

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Discography

* ''

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, 2003) * ''

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, 2007) * ''

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'' ( Heads Up, 2012) * '' Long Way from Home'' (2017)

DVD and video

* ''Peter Cincotti: Live in New York'' (2004)

Chart history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cincotti, Peter 1983 births American people of Italian descent Concord Records artists Horace Mann School alumni Living people Columbia College (New York) alumni Singers from New York City American male pianists 21st-century American singers 21st-century American pianists 21st-century American male singers American jazz pianists Jazz musicians from New York (state)