Underwater

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Year of creation unknown: National Basketball Association (NBA) of America, Where Will Amazing Happen This Year (Magic Johnson Sky Hook) on YouTube. Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. 18 June 2011 . Retrieved 23 February 2012. World-famous and highly popular pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi has been consistently at the top of classical music charts worldwide. The maestro has authored the scores of many Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning films – recently The Father and Nomadland. a b c "Ludovico Einaudi". Mainly Piano. February 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011 . Retrieved 12 January 2012.

In October 2009, Nightbook was released. The album saw Einaudi take a new direction with his music as he incorporated synthesized sounds alongside his piano. [10] The album was conceived and recorded in response to the German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, as well as an exhibit space where Einaudi performed for a gallery opening for Kiefer. It was also inspired by the drums and electronics of the Whitetree Project, a performing trio Einaudi formed with Robert and Ronald Lippok of To Rococo Rot, a German electronic group. [7] In Italy, the album went Gold with more than 35,000 copies sold. BBC Music Magazine noted, “Einaudi’s last few albums have showcased him as something of a sonic visionary, creating thrilling aural tapestries in collaborative projects of varying scales.” a b c d e f g h i j k l "Home". LudovicoEinaudi.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008 . Retrieved 12 January 2012.

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Jiménez, Elvira; Tellnes, Erlend (20 June 2016). "Ludovico Einaudi performs with 8 million voices to save the Arctic". greenpeace.org . Retrieved 21 January 2016. Einaudi is signed to Decca Records and is published by Chester Music Limited, part of the Music Sales Group of Companies. Elegy For The Arctic". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018 . Retrieved 21 April 2018. Underwater is a quiet, meditative, gentle album. It seems to perfectly reflect those new listening habits and will surely reinforce the composer’s popularity. With his usual politeness, he answered our questions amid rehearsals for a world tour that just started in Italy. After the spring dates across Europe (mostly sold out), in June he will fly to the other side of the Atlantic, with concerts in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Jones, Catherine (2 March 2016). "Einaudi's Domino effect at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall". liverpoolecho . Retrieved 31 August 2017.Pingitore, Silvia (23 May 2021). "Interview with Ludovico Einaudi on writing music scores for Academy Award-winning films". the-shortlisted.co.uk . Retrieved 22 July 2021.

Ben Beaumont-Thomas. "Ludovico Einaudi review – a Thomas Kinkade painting in sound." The Guardian. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2022. a b "History and Mystery The piano spheres of Ludovico Einaudi: Interview". Bluefat. Archived from the original on 24 March 2011 . Retrieved 12 January 2012.

Einaudi’s raw materials may indeed be “base elements”, but he is surely that rare miracle: a true musical alchemist. And Underwater is the purest gold. songwriting, not composing. A fresh approach… a song is like a breath, it needs nothing more. The album is a place to freely reflect, a place without boundaries.”

A pianist's elegy for the Arctic» Yale Climate Connections". Yale Climate Connections. 12 September 2016 . Retrieved 27 October 2020. [ dead link] After studying at the conservatory in Milan and subsequently with Berio, Einaudi spent several years composing in traditional forms, including several chamber and orchestral compositions. [10] He 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. [11] Flora’ has a chorale beginning—a Bach-like introduction that’s a homage to my years of studying his music. But at the same time, I didn’t think too much about that: The music came quite naturally to me. After the introduction, I added a second part that features a repeated chord progression that gets gradually louder and faster.” Underwater is Einaudi’s first full album of new solo piano music for two decades. The music was composed while the composer was isolated at his home in Italy. Working without any distractions or the usual commitments that come with his busy schedule, we are told that it is his manifesto for life, and a statement on a period during which the world around him was quiet and silent. Swordfish is introspective, bringing to mind an inner monologue. Combining a touch of Baroque and a hint of Mozart, it recalls a muted version of the theme from the classic film The Go-Between. The slightly surreal Wind Song’s powerful deep keys are in counterpoint with high chords, followed by echoing notes and gorgeous transitions to cascading tones. Richly dramatic, the piece is vaguely ghostly and might be a score for a romantic thriller.

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As a sometime fan of Einaudi’s work, I found Underwater strikingly different to listen to (as have others), and have been looking forward to considering the sheet music folio, which has recently been published by Chester Music / Hal Leonard, and is the subject of this review… Given the plain lucidity of these pieces, it is appropriate for them to be played with effortless restraint. And in most cases they are in any case easier to manage and shorter on paper than their most lionised predecessors in the Einaudi canon. The composer has also largely avoided the sizeable hand stretches that populate several of his earlier pieces. I think this music carries something airy, like it’s detached from the Earth, even though it’s made of feelings. But it flies high and brings you into a new dimension. I have a pretty abstract nature, far from the frenzy of daily life, and I’m happy that this attitude of mine gave me a “space” that I manage to share with so many listeners.