1. Ludovico Einaudi has composed the scores for a number of films and television productions, including This Is England, The Intouchables, I'm Still Here, the TV miniseries Doctor Zhivago, and Acquario, for which he won the Grolla d'oro.
23 Facts About Ludovico Einaudi
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Ludovico Einaudi's music was used as the score for the Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning films Nomadland and The Father.
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Ludovico Einaudi has released a number of solo albums for piano and other instruments, notably I Giorni in 2001, Nightbook in 2009, and In a Time Lapse in 2013.
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On 1 March 2019, Ludovico Einaudi announced a seven-part project named Seven Days Walking, which was released over the course of seven months in 2019.
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Ludovico Einaudi's father, Giulio Einaudi, was a publisher working with authors including Italo Calvino and Primo Levi, and founder of Giulio Einaudi Editore.
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Ludovico Einaudi's father, Waldo Aldrovandi, was a pianist, opera conductor, and composer who emigrated to Australia after World War II.
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Ludovico Einaudi started composing music as a teenager, first writing by playing a folk guitar.
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Ludovico Einaudi began his musical training at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, obtaining a diploma in composition in 1982.
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Ludovico Einaudi's music is ambient, meditative, and often introspective, drawing on minimalism and contemporary pop.
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Ludovico Einaudi soon garnered international attention and his music was performed at venues such as the Teatro alla Scala, the Tanglewood Music Festival, Lincoln Center, and the UCLA Center for Performing Arts.
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Ludovico Einaudi began using his style to compose film soundtracks in the mid-1990s.
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Ludovico Einaudi started with two films by Michele Sordillo, Da qualche parte in citta in 1994 and Acquario in 1996, for which he won the Grolla d'oro for best soundtrack.
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In 2002, Ludovico Einaudi won an Italian award for Best Film Score for Luce dei miei occhi.
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In 2010, Ludovico Einaudi wrote the music for the trailer of Black Swan.
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Ludovico Einaudi is signed to Decca Records and is published by Chester Music Limited, part of the Music Sales Group of Companies.
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Ludovico Einaudi released his first solo piano album, Le Onde, in 1996, under BMG.
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In 2003, Ludovico Einaudi released the live album La Scala Concert 03.03.03, which was recorded at the famous La Scala opera house in Milan.
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In 2004, Ludovico Einaudi released the album Una Mattina on Decca Records.
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Shortly after its release, Ludovico Einaudi went on tour to various places in the UK, playing both the music on Divenire and orchestral arrangements of his other works.
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The album saw Ludovico Einaudi take a new direction with his music as he incorporated synthesized sounds alongside his piano.
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The album was conceived and recorded in response to the German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, as well as an exhibit space where Ludovico Einaudi performed for a gallery opening for Kiefer.
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On 17 September 2013, Ludovico Einaudi performed various songs from In a Time Lapse, together with a new ensemble, at the annual iTunes Festival held at the Roundhouse in London.
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In 2016, Ludovico Einaudi participated in the Greenpeace campaign to save the Arctic.