(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Pittsfield native Christopher Culpo returns home from Paris to present a solo piano concert on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at 7 pm, at First Church of Christ on Park Square (27 East St.). Culpo will perform his own compositions along with works by Duke Ellington, Lee Morgan, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Cole Porter, and others.

Culpo has been based in Paris for the past 22 years and his work as performer and composer lies at the confluence of contemporary classical music, jazz and free improvisation. After graduating from Pittsfield High School, he studied at Boston University and at the Juilliard School before studying in Paris with a Fulbright scholarship.

In May 2013, his orchestra piece Murmurations was recorded by the National Orchestra of France and broadcast by Radio France. In February 2012, Culpo was awarded the Clefworks composition prize, and his work Of Ground, or Air, or Ought was premiered by the ETHEL quartet in Montgomery, Ala.

Recent activities as a performer include appearances at festivals in France, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand.

A freewill offering will be taken with donations going to St Joseph’s Kitchen and the artist.