Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi was born in Turin on November 23rd 1955 and graduated with a diploma in composition from the Conservatory of Milan. Immediately he began post-graduate studies with Luciano Berio, with whom he worked as assistant, and later with Karlheinz Stockhausen. In 1982 his talents would win him a scholarship to the Tanglewood Music Festival, where he first came into contact wit...

Covid-19 wreaked havoc across the world both physically and mentally, stripping some of their loved ones and others of their mental health. I thankfully fell only into the latter category, and while I was spared the full extent of the pandemic's destruction, I did not leave unscathed. In returning home, I found that an incredible paradox arose, one in which I was simultaneously greeted with overwhelming ...

Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi was born in Turin on November 23rd 1955. Perhaps it was his mother, an amateur pianist, who gave him the first impulse to music, planting the seeds for what would become a fruitful, illustrious career. He began to study music at the Conservatory of Turin and graduated with a diploma in composition under Azio Corghi at the Conservatory of Milan. Immediately he began p...

The rapturous response to the unveiling of "Nomadland" at the Toronto and New York Film festivals has catapulted director Chloé Zhao's new film as an instant Oscar contender for Best Picture, Actress, Director, and Cinematography. The film's subtle and moving score by Ludovico Einaudi has also received positive notices, but "Nomadland" and the Italian composer will not qualify for Best Score this ...

Piano legend Ludovico Einaudi has released a brand-new album of 12 tracks, which is now available on all major streaming platforms. The Italian recorded this new release at home on his own upright piano during the Covid-19 lockdown in Italy. Einaudi designed the artwork himself. During the lockdown, he was regularly hosting live online performances for his thousands of fans, and it was the experienc...

Celebrated pianist and film composer Ludovico Einaudi's music has been a mainstay on KCRW over the years, and he's been a frequent guest on our air. His family has a rich history in Italy; Ludovico's grandfather was the first elected President of Italy in the years following WWII after the fall of Mussolini.  Einaudi is quarantining with his wife in a tiny Swiss Alps town called Same...

April is National Poetry Month, and we're celebrating in a uniquely classical way. Each Monday, we post a musical selection, and listeners write poems inspired by that work. Read poems inspired by Ludovico Einaudi's 'Golden Butterflies,' and be sure to submit your own poem inspired by this week's musical work!  PHOTO: Alan Emery/Unsplash READ THE POEMS & LISTEN TO&nb...

"I think it's Cezanne that was painting the same mountain for 20 years, and every time he was painting the mountain there was a different light. It's beautiful to watch the different versions of the same view." Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi offers his own spin on a set of variations with an ambitious project representing each day of the week. It's called Seven Days Walking. Ludov...

Ludovico Einaudi's Seven Days Walking is inspired by his recurring walk in the Alps done over seven days, each journey altered by daily changes in nature, the weather, perspective and more. Musically, Einaudi plays piano alongside cello and violin, a return to the distinct sound of his solo piano recordings with the blend of soft strings complimenting his minimalist and mesmerizing melodies...

In episode 910 of "ANIMAJAZZ", conceived and conducted by BRUNO POLLACCI , broadcast TUESDAY March 17 at 20.30, on PUNTORADIO, also streaming on www.puntoradio.fm and in an immediate podcast. LUDOVICO EINAUDI - CD "Seven Days Walking" - "A Sense of Symmetry"; will be featured on tonight's show. Ludovico Einaudi's Seven Days Walking is inspired by his recurring walk in the Alps done over seven...

Ludovici Einaudi - Seven Days Walking - Decca Ludovici Einaudi is perhaps best known as a soundtrack composer, having scored numerous Italian films and contributed music to the soundtracks of popular movies like Black Swan and I'm Still Here. But he has also written quite a bit of concert music, and this massive project was inspired by his daily walks in the Italian Alps. Over the course of 2019 he r...

Ludovico Einaudi, who brings classical music together with the instruments of contemporary genres such as rock and electronic music, is coming to Istanbul as part of his new tour, which has already been sold out all over the world. The classical music phenomenon with two billion streams worldwide will meet with the Turkish audience on Jan. 31 in his widely talked project "Seven Days Walking," which is co...

"I think it's Cezanne that was painting the same mountain for 20 years, and every time he was painting the mountain there was a different light. It's beautiful to watch the different versions of the same view." Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi offers his own spin on a set of variations with an ambitious project representing each day of the week. It's called Seven Days Walking. Ludovico g...

The composer and pianist will stop at the Warwick Arts Centre on November 1, in addition to his already announced performances in Birmingham, Brighton, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Nottingham between October 12 and November 2. He also has a seven-date residency lined up at London's Barbican Hall in August and plans in mainland Europe throughout the year. All tickets are on sale now. Einaudi's forthc...

Many live shows are good but largely forgettable, enjoyable in the moment but mostly not so much as to provide fodder for engagement beyond brief temporal pleasure. Some experiences go much deeper and are worth trying to explain such that the reader might engage, live, and feel it vicariously. The latter was the case with Ludovico Einaudi's recent stop in Seattle at the gorgeous, and acoustically enviabl...

Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi has released his most ambitious project to date. Consisting of seven volumes, Seven Days Walking is a set of studio releases due to be released over the course of seven months, with the first volume released this past March. We are very excited to welcome him back for his fourth visit to KCRW: Los Angeles.    LISTEN TO THE SEGMENT   &nb...

On March 15 Ludovico Einaudi released the first episode of a seven-part new album called Seven Days Walking (Decca Records/Universal), before embarking on a North American tour at the end of May. Recorded in September and October 2018 in Schloss Elmau (Germany) and Air Studios in London (England), Seven Days Walking happens as seven episodes modeled after the days in a week, one episode a month through S...

Ludovico Einaudi has played piano on an Arctic glacier, performed at huge pop music festivals, and become the most-streamed classical artist in the world, but the composer and pianist's new album may be his most ambitious project yet. On March 15 2019, he released the first episode of a seven-part new album called Seven Days Walking (Decca Records/Universal), before embarking on a North American...

Due to high demand for tickets, the composer and pianist - Ludovico Einaudi has extended his residency at London's Barbican Centre to now take place from Wednesday July 31 to August 6. Tickets for the two new shows, on August 5 and 6, will go on sale at 10am on April 12. Einaudi will then head around the rest of the UK, stopping in Birmingham, Brighton, Liverpool, Edinburgh. Glasgow and Nottingham t...

The cellist and composer-pianist reign supreme in the Classic FM Chart, as they hold the No. 1 and No. 2 positions for the fourth consecutive week. Today (29 July) marks Sheku's tenth week at No. 1, as his debut album Inspiration continues to fly off the proverbial shelves. La Serenissima's recording of Vivaldi's Double Concertos for Oboes with Adrian Chandler has entered the chart at No. 3, just behind ...

There are not too many artists who can claim a classical celebrity fan base as eclectic as Chinese superstar pianist Lang Lang, but Milanese pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi has achieved such widespread appeal because his work cannot be easily classified within classical music. His work exudes a mysterious alchemy that keeps it far removed from beige muzak to encompass something darker, haunting and...

"The seemingly simple but strangely affecting music of Ludovico Einaudi defies pigeonholing…expect to feel transported and mesmerized by (his) artfully wrought compositions." - Daily Telegraph Stanze (rooms) is a cycle of 16 pieces, and each is a musical space separated from the others like the rooms of a house. It's the diary of a journey, with the aim to achieve the maximum exp...