As both pianist and composer, Ludovico Einaudi is among the best-known personalities on the contemporary European music scene.

Ludovico Einaudi

If one man embodies the kaleidoscopic new musical world of the ‘user-generated’ age it is Ludovico Einaudi. Routinely topping audience polls from the classical to the avant-garde, Einaudi has not only become one of the UK’s most popular composers, but has rendered traditional ideas of musical genre and audience divide obsolete.

Einaudi’s music is ambient, meditative and often introspective.  His sweeping compositions are deeply touching and draw inspiration from classical and international music, minimalism and contemporary pop, but always with the piano at the heart of the sound.

Recent years have seen Einaudi in a number of different contexts, from the use of music from his album Divenire in the soundtrack to Shane Meadows’ award winning film, This is England, to a performance on the Big Chill main stage with German electronic band To Rocco Rot, with whom Einaudi went on to tour his latest project, Nightbook. This year Einaudi received a nomination for Composer of the Year at the Classical Brit Awards.

For this special UK tour, Einaudi returns to a solo setting, playing some of his best known and much loved classics from critically acclaimed albums including Le Onde and I Giorni.

"If you expect a normal piano concert, think again!  This is an exploration, a thrilling and unpredictable challenge, that opens up new paths for our music" – La Repubblica

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