Elmer Churampi

About Elmer

A native of Lima, Peru, Elmer Churampi began studying the trumpet when he was four years old under the tutelage of his father, who is a street band trumpet player. Churampi was a soloist three times with the National Symphony of Peru at the ages of 7, 8, and 9, performing Carnaval de Venecia, the Haydn Trumpet Concerto, and the Arutunian Trumpet Concerto. When he was 10 years old, he was accepted to the National Conservatory of Music from Peru. Churampi was invited to be part of the professional orchestra of the Conservatory of Peru as a second trumpet when he was 12. At the age of 13, he played concerts with the Orquesta de los Reyes, the Opera Orchestra from Peru.

Churampi was accepted to the Interlochen Arts Academy with a full scholarship and studied for three years with Ken Larson. During that time, Churampi was selected as a 2013 YoungArts Finalist and received accolades including the Jack Kent Cooke Award in 2013 and the Interlochen Young Artist Award in 2013. Churampi was also interviewed and featured on the radio program From the Top. Churampi won the concerto competition at New England Conservatory as well as the MTNA brass competition in Chicago. In 2015 and 2016, Churampi won first place in the National Trumpet Competition in the undergraduate division. He also won the Young Artist brass award in Texas.

In 2017, Churampi was the soloist for the Boston Philharmonic in the South America tour. Churampi was recently selected as the winner of the Boston Pops Concert Competition. Churampi recently graduated from the New England Conservatory with a bachelors in trumpet performance under the instruction of Ben Wright and Tom Rolfs, Second and Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Elmer has played with the Boston Pops, the Boston Symphony, Canadian brass and the Chicago Symphony.