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Underwater

Decca Records
Release Date: January 21, 2022

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Ludovico Einaudi - Temple White - Performance
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Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi
1 Luminous  
2 Rolling Like a Ball  
3 Indian Yellow  
4 Flora  
5 Natural Light  
6 Almost June  
7 Swordfish  
8 Wind Song  
9 Atoms  
10 Temple White  
11 Nobody Knows  
12 Underwater  
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Fresh from this year’s triumph of the Nomadland and The Father soundtracks, illustrious composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi announces Underwater, his first new solo piano album in 20 years. Underwater was born in lockdown, utilising the rare opportunity for song-writing in its purest and most intimate form: just Einaudi and his piano. It features 12 newly-composed solo piano tracks, beautifully showcasing his unmistakable musical style which is renowned around the world. Last night saw Einaudi tease fans with a sneak preview to his performance video for first single Luminous, which is released today (watch the full video performance here). The album artwork displays one of Einaudi’s own photographs, perfectly encapsulating the feeling of the album.

On the making of Underwater during the pandemic, Einaudi explains: “It came naturally, more than ever before. I felt a sense of freedom to abandon myself and let the music flow differently. I didn’t have a filter between me and what came out of the piano; it felt very pure. The title Underwater is a metaphor – it is an expression of a very fluid dimension, without interference from outside.”

Underwater follows an astounding year for Einaudi with the release of soundtracks to Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning films Nomadland and The Father (which include tracks from his chart-topping 2019 release Seven Days Walking), and the compilation album Cinema, featuring his composition achievements in film and TV. 2021 also saw the launch of new podcast mini-series Experience: The Ludovico Einaudi Story, starring celebrated filmmakers including multiple award-winning actor and director Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), BAFTA-winning director and screenwriter Shane Meadows (This is England), Academy Award winner Florian Zeller (The Father), and multiple award-winning director Eric Toledano (The Intouchables).

  • Ludovico Einaudi plays surprise performance at London's 'St Pancras International' / Music Week
    Posted At: November 13, 2024
    Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi was born in Turin on November 23rd 1955. Perhaps it was his mother, an amateur pianist, who first introduced him to music, planting the seeds for what would become an illustrious career. He began to study music at the Conservatory of Turin and graduated under Azio Corghi at the Conservatory of Milan, and then studied with Luciano Berio, becoming his assistant, and with ...

  • Ludovico Einaudi and his ensemble perform a stirring show at Perth Festival / X - PRESS MAGAZINE
    Posted At: February 15, 2024
    X - PRESS MAGAZINE's IAN LILBURNE writes……Perth Festival is now up and running. Last Friday, the fine music program got underway with Ludovico Einaudi and his ensemble performing a stirring show at Perth Concert Hall. The power of the performance lay as much in the sensual music as as in the rapport Einaudi builds with his audience. They all loved it. He has been developing his unique style of music over th...

  • Crowds flood into Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl to witness stunning evening by Ludovico Einaudi / beat
    Posted At: February 12, 2024
    Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi was born in Turin on November 23rd 1955. Perhaps it was his mother, an amateur pianist, who first introduced him to music, planting the seeds for what would become an illustrious career. He began to study music at the Conservatory of Turin and graduated under Azio Corghi at the Conservatory of Milan, and then studied with Luciano Berio, becoming his assistant, and with ...

  • Ludovico Einaudi Q&A's with RADIOWISE UK
    Posted At: January 30, 2024
    Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi was born in Turin on November 23rd 1955. Perhaps it was his mother, an amateur pianist, who first introduced him to music, planting the seeds for what would become an illustrious career. He began to study music at the Conservatory of Turin and graduated under Azio Corghi at the Conservatory of Milan, and then studied with Luciano Berio, becoming his assistant, and with ...

  • Ludovico Einaudi announces 2024 Australian tour / musicfeeds
    Posted At: October 27, 2023
    Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi was born in Turin on November 23rd 1955. Perhaps it was his mother, an amateur pianist, who first introduced him to music, planting the seeds for what would become an illustrious career. His 2002 score for the remake of “Doctor Zhivago” triumphed at the New York Film Festival, confirming the increasing prestige of his soundtracks: “Not of This World” (2000), “Light...

  • Ludovico Einaudi's 'Wind Song' from 'Underwater' makes the musical hype's '12 Powerful Songs About the Wind' list
    Posted At: January 13, 2023
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  • Ludovico Einaudi - Underwater makes 99.5CRB - Instant Replay
    Posted At: February 9, 2022
    Fresh from this year’s triumph of the Nomadland and The Father soundtracks, illustrious composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi announced Underwater, his first new solo piano album in 20 years. Underwater was born in lockdown, utilising the rare opportunity for song-writing in its purest and most intimate form: just Einaudi and his piano. It features 12 newly-composed solo piano tracks, be...

  • Ludovico Einaudi tells BBC Music Magazine, his writing will always struggle to find acceptance in classical music
    Posted At: February 3, 2022
    His fans may run into the millions but, the pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi tells BBC Music Magazine's Claire Jackson, his style of writing will always struggle to find total acceptance within the classical music world.Claire Jackson writes…..Ludovico Einaudi has a special manuscript displayed in his studio. It’s a student piece of his, with corrections from a surprising mentor: Karlheinz Stockhausen....

  • Ludovico Einaudi makes history with UKs fastest-streaming classical album / CLASSIC fM
    Posted At: January 28, 2022
    CLASSIC fM's Sophia Alexandra Hall writes….Italian composer and pianist, Ludovico Einaudi, has had a record-breaking week.The 66-year-old musician released his first solo piano album in 20 years, Underwater, on Friday 21 January, and it has sailed straight to the top of the UK Classical Chart, making it his 11th Classical No.1 record, and landed him at No.19 on the mainstream chart. Underwater is now the fa...

  • Ludovico Einaudi is the 15th 'Icon of Echoes'
    Posted At: March 31, 2021

    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...

  • Ludovico Einaudi - 12 Songs From Home is a most intimate concert / The Middlebury Campus
    Posted At: November 12, 2020

    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 ...

  • The Guardian spends 'Sunday with Ludovico Einaudi'
    Posted At: November 8, 2020

    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...

  • Ludovico Einaudi's 'Nomadland' music won't qualify for Oscar's 'Best Score,' but you can listen to it now / IndieWire
    Posted At: September 29, 2020

    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 ...

  • Ludovico Einaudi releases; '12 Songs From Home' / Pianist
    Posted At: July 10, 2020

    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...

  • April is National Poetry Month. Read poems inspired by Ludovico Einaudi's 'Golden Butterflies' / classical mpr
    Posted At: April 17, 2020

    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...

  • Ludovico Einaudi shares music for calmer times with KCRW
    Posted At: April 17, 2020

    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...

  • Ludovico Einaudi turns daily walk, into 7-part musical journey / New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: April 12, 2020

    "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 - Seven Days Walking featured on 'hearts of space'
    Posted At: March 20, 2020

    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...

  • 'A Sense of Symmetry' from Ludovico Einaudi - Seven Days Walking makes Punto Radio - animajazz
    Posted At: March 17, 2020

    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 makes CD Hotlist - February 'New Releases' pick
    Posted At: February 1, 2020

    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 to take Istanbulites on a seven-part music maze / Hurriyet Daily News
    Posted At: December 26, 2019

    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...

  • Ludovico Einaudi offers variations representing each day of the week / New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: July 10, 2019

    "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...

  • Ludovico Einaudi ADD's Coventry show to winter tour / stereoboard
    Posted At: July 5, 2019

    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...

  • Ludovico Einaudi brings Seattle to their feet, clapping and shouting 'bravo' / glide MAGAZINE
    Posted At: June 20, 2019

    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...

  • KCRW's 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' welcomes Ludovico Einaudi back for his fourth visit
    Posted At: June 19, 2019

    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...

  • Ludovico Einaudi trio on PRI - Echoes
    Posted At: June 17, 2019

    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 - Seven Days Walking makes Echoes: May Top 25
    Posted At: May 31, 2019

    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...

  • Ludovico Einaudi adds dates to London Barbican residency / stereoboard
    Posted At: April 11, 2019

    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...

  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Ludovico Einaudi hold 2 top spots on CLASSIC fM chart
    Posted At: July 29, 2018

    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 ...

  • Ludovico Einaudi, the most-streamed classical artist on Spotify, is set for the Dubai Opera / The National
    Posted At: February 7, 2018

    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...

  • Ludovico Einaudi releases Stanze on Universal Classics
    Posted At: October 23, 2014

    "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...
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