The Arctic is melting, and he is watching: Ludovico Einaudi, Sardinian pianist and composer, has composed an elegy for the Greenpeace campaign "Save the Arctic" and performed it himself - with media impact, sitting at a grand piano on a floating ice floe in the Arctic. But that is just the tip of the iceberg.
The Sardinian sound painter became known to a very wide audience three years ago: he composed the film music for the major cinema success "Les intouchables" - in German: "Ziemlich beste Freunde". Film music is the first love of the pianist, who grew up mainly in Milan and now lives on a country estate in Tuscany.
Compositions for opera, orchestra, big band and over 20 films
The 61-year-old has already composed 20 film soundtracks, as well as various works for orchestra, big band, opera, ballet and silent film. Einaudi has long been a star in Italy. His poetic melodies may seem a little simple at first listen, but then nestle into the ear canals with astonishing persistence.
Grandpa Einaudi was Italy's president
Media-effective performances are in the Einaudis' blood: Grandpa Einaudi on his father's side was President of Italy from 1948 to 1955, and the pianist's father runs Italy's most renowned publishing house, Edizione Einaudi. One can only hope that the Greenpeace campaign will be a resounding success and that the pianist's gentle sounds will not melt entire ice caps.
LUDOVICO EINAUDI
10.11.16, Auditorium Stravinski Montreux
14.12.16, Eventpark Zurich Dübendorf
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