No doubt America will jump on the bandwagon. His many recordings have become best sellers, particularly in England and his home country of Italy.

His family background includes his publisher father, Giulio Einaudi his grandfather, Luigi Einaudi, was president of the Italian Republic between 1948 and year of Ludovico's birth, 1955. In 1982, aged 27, he won a scholarship to the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts. The pianist/composer, having taken early inspiration from his mother's playing to him while a child, studied at the Verdi Conservatory in Milano where he gained a diploma in composition. Since there is no biographical information on this CD, nor any explanations of the music itself, I've had to do some searching. Ludovico Einaudi is no newcomer to the music scene. It is an excellent album closer that leaves one wondering. The final piece, with cello and orchestra, ends on what I might describe as a 'prayer.' Svanire in Italian literally translates in English: to vanish, or to fade away. In addition to the opening prelude for me to this music ( Uno), which immediately piqued my interest and set a noticeably interesting mental mood, I discovered that one of the most fascinating and mysterious pieces on the disc was Fly, with piano, loops, electric guitars, with sound modificator. The rest of the music is done electronically, or with electric guitars, and there is the inclusion of a real cello (with cello overdubs in Andare). It is classical music, it is minimalist, it is contemporary, and it includes Ludovico's pianism on a superb Steinway concert grand piano that has a warm glow about it, no stridency, all of which assists in making one take note of the music itself and its enormously relaxing effects. I am reminded of the feelings I experienced with the music of Ray Lynch, the only immediate comparison in terms of enjoyment of contemporary music that immediately comes to mind. As a listener to primarily Baroque music through music written to the mid-1940s, this is totally refreshing music.

His work is described as being 'minimalist, classical, ambient, contemporary and deeply touching, the welcome sound of stillness in a hectic world.'Īfter hearing this CD release, my first hearing (I say with some embarrassment) of Ludovico Einaudi's compositions and pianism, I have to concur totally with the description of his music above, especially the last part, for this is some of the most relaxing contemporary music I have heard, music that I do not find cacophonous in the least. Ludovico Einaudi was born in 1955 in Torino, Italy. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Ziegler, conductor Ludovico Einaudi, composer, piano, loops, electric guitars Fly - piano, loops, electric guitars, sound modificator

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