Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi OMRI (born 23 November 1955) is an Italian pi… Read Full Bio ↴Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi OMRI (born 23 November 1955) is an Italian pianist and composer. Trained at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, Einaudi began his career as a classical composer, later incorporating other styles and genres such as pop, rock, folk, and world music.
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 (1996), for which he won the Grolla d'oro. His music was used as the score for the Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning films Nomadland and The Father.
He has also 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. On 1 March 2019, Einaudi announced a seven-part project named Seven Days Walking, which was released over the course of seven months in 2019.
In 2005, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Einaudi was born in Turin, Piedmont. His father, Giulio Einaudi, was a publisher working with authors including Italo Calvino and Primo Levi, and founder of Giulio Einaudi Editore, while his paternal grandfather, Luigi Einaudi, was President of Italy between 1948 and 1955. His mother, Renata Aldrovandi, played the piano to him as a child. Her father, Waldo Aldrovandi, was a pianist, opera conductor, and composer who emigrated to Australia after World War II.
Einaudi started composing his own music as a teenager, first writing by playing a folk guitar. He began his musical training at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, obtaining a diploma in composition in 1982. That same year he took an orchestration class taught by Luciano Berio and was awarded a scholarship to the Tanglewood Music Festival. According to Einaudi, "[Luciano Berio] did some interesting work with African vocal music and did some arrangements of Beatles songs, and he taught me that there is a sort of dignity inside music. I learnt orchestration from him and a very open way of thinking about music." He also learned by collaborating with musicians such as Ballaké Sissoko from Mali and Djivan Gasparyan from Armenia. His music is ambient, meditative, and often introspective, drawing on minimalism and contemporary pop.
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 (1996), for which he won the Grolla d'oro. His music was used as the score for the Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning films Nomadland and The Father.
He has also 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. On 1 March 2019, Einaudi announced a seven-part project named Seven Days Walking, which was released over the course of seven months in 2019.
In 2005, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Einaudi was born in Turin, Piedmont. His father, Giulio Einaudi, was a publisher working with authors including Italo Calvino and Primo Levi, and founder of Giulio Einaudi Editore, while his paternal grandfather, Luigi Einaudi, was President of Italy between 1948 and 1955. His mother, Renata Aldrovandi, played the piano to him as a child. Her father, Waldo Aldrovandi, was a pianist, opera conductor, and composer who emigrated to Australia after World War II.
Einaudi started composing his own music as a teenager, first writing by playing a folk guitar. He began his musical training at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, obtaining a diploma in composition in 1982. That same year he took an orchestration class taught by Luciano Berio and was awarded a scholarship to the Tanglewood Music Festival. According to Einaudi, "[Luciano Berio] did some interesting work with African vocal music and did some arrangements of Beatles songs, and he taught me that there is a sort of dignity inside music. I learnt orchestration from him and a very open way of thinking about music." He also learned by collaborating with musicians such as Ballaké Sissoko from Mali and Djivan Gasparyan from Armenia. His music is ambient, meditative, and often introspective, drawing on minimalism and contemporary pop.
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@ChekMaFresh
I learned to play this by breaking it down into sections and drilling one section a day for several hours, or until I was confident.
* Here's my method: *
Section 1 = 0:03 - 0:32
Section 2 = 0:33 - 0:56
Section 3 = 0:57 - 1:21
Section 4 = 1:22 - 1:47
Section 5 = 1:48 - 2:14
Section 6 = 2:15 - 2:59
Section 7 = 3:00 - 3:28
Repeat sections 1 - 7
(Finale) Section 8 = 5:42 - 6:17
I really hope this helps someone! Good luck!
@shirleywenzel9433
When I was younger I always heard this song and thought it was beautiful, and now I finally found it. My mom has stage 4 cancer and she will pass soon. I'll most likely be playing this at her funeral.
I love you mom❤
UPDATE:
3 months later
25/12/2019, christmas day,
she unfortunately passed away.
Thank you all for the nice messages. Thank you mom for always caring for me and our family. I love you, rest in peace angel ❤
@Adam-kp7tk
I will learn to play this. Whether it take a month a year or 10. I will come back to this comment when I am done.
Edit: Thursday 18th June 2020
Wow. I am quite emotional right now as I have just for the first time finished playing the whole piece start to finish. The support from this comment has been so overwhelming and touching. I had just posted this comment as an individual reminder to make sure I follow through with my dream of being able to play this magnificent piece so you can imagine my shock when I saw the response. I never forgot about this comment as some may have thought and the combined support from everyone really helped me make that dream a reality. So to everyone that commented or liked - Thank You.
I think you all deserve an explanation of how my journey went so here it goes right from the start:
I am 19 and a complete novice pianist. I have had no experience with any musical instrument and have no knowledge of any music theory. Whilst studying for exams 2 years ago I stumbled upon classical music and gradually started to fall for the beauty found within a piano. By listening to Rousseau I would constantly listen to 3 of his covers. Für Elise, River Flows in You and Nuvuole Bianche. I wished I could play all of them but they all seemed so difficult. A few months later I, quite randomly, decided to play the piano in my house that I hadn't touched in years. After messing around for a while I remembered the dream I had to be able to play the Piano, even if it was just one piece. So I started to learn Für Elise. At the start it was difficult but gradually I learnt and got better. All the knowledge I gained was from YouTube tutorials and it took me a few weeks before I could properly play Für Elise (without all the hard parts of course). Once I had learned to play Für Elise I had enough confidence to start leanring River Flows in You. I spent months learning and refining my skills till again I had managed it. Then there was Nuvuole Bianche. I still dreamt of being able to play it but watching Rousseau's hands fly over the notes just made it seem like this piece was out of my capability. Fast forward a few more months and I was heading off to university. I did not have access to a piano when I was at university however it was within those first few weeks there that I posted this comment. I still wanted to learn this piece but I set myself a reminder so that I wouldn't forget when I went back home. Over the 2019 Christmas break I learned the first 30 seconds of the piece then went back to University. Then, as we all know, the Coronavirus hit. In late March I was sent home for the rest of the semester. I truly do believe that every cloud has a silver lining and so the silver lining in my case was that although the world seemed to be falling apart I was able to complete my mission to learn Nuvuole Bianche. So little by little I learnt. I am a perfectionist at heart so I wouldn't move on till I had mastered the bit I was leaning. I won't lie and say I spent hours every day learning because I didn't. I could have learnt the piece faster and I could have put more time every day but it turns out that the journey to mastering it was just as satisfying as the end result.
To anyone who is thinking of learning this piece - just do it. You will ready many comments saying how easy this piece is whereas if you are anything like me you may think the opposite. Believe that you can do it and go for it. I hope this story can inspire maybe just one person to learn this piece or maybe to pursue something you have been putting off but have dreamt of being able to do. Anyway I have written way to much so I will end by saying
THANK YOU
@kaelaskorner
This is my new project
I’m 14 btw
Start date: 2/15/21
Update: 3/6/21 I have learned up to 2:16 A little slow due to school exams, but still learning!
Update: 3/14/21 I have learned everything up to about 3:00 !!!!! I started working on the next part after that, but it’s harddd😫 I’m going to keep pushing though! Thanks for all the support. Good luck to anyone trying to learn this! 😊
Update: 3/21/21 I finished learning up to 3:29. That was by far the most difficult part of the song, but the most fun to play. It should be smooth sailing from here. Thanks!!! 😁
Final Update: April/2/21 I learned to whole song!!!!!!!!! It was hard, but once you learn the first half or so it’s a breeze. Thank you for all the support and likes. It’s a really fun song to play, and I will be performing it for my school in May! Also this song sounds so much better when you play it in person! Good luck to anyone trying to learn it!!
Update: 4/15/21 Once you’ve learn this, or any song don’t forget to replay it continuously so that you don’t forget how to play it! Especially for longer songs! Thank you for all the kind words and likes! If you have any questions I’ll try and respond quickly!
Another Update: 5/13/21 P.s. I’ll be performing this song on May 21
UPDATEEEE!!!: 5/21/21 OK GUYS I DID IT!!! I got a standing ovation and I was overjoyed!! I think I performed to the best of my abilities and I loved every second of it! Not to boast but I think I killed it!! 😏🤪😂 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE KIND COMMENTS!!! THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME!! I HOPE YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO GO OUT AND CONQUER YOUR DREAMS! Anything is possible!!! Thank you so much to anyone who stayed this long!!! :)))) <3
P.S. I might perform it another time and hopefully I can record it and upload it to YouTube!!
Update: Hey everyone!! I am performing this for a group of people on the 4th of July, so if everything goes according to plan I will upload it to YouTube!!
@zeniateo4196
For those hesistating to try, i strongly suggest y'all to just do it. It took me only 3 hrs to learn it and a week to master it.
Some tips:
1. Learn and be clear of the 4 chords of the left hand as the whole song only have these 4 chords.
2. For right hand, do not just blindly read from the sheets and play note by note for the entire piece. Find patterns as alot of it is mostly repetitive.
3. Practise slowly and do not rush to finish the entire song in 1 day. Just do it slowly and make sure you are clear on the notes. (This helps in muscle memory)
4. Lastly NEVER NEVER give up. It may be hard or boring but trust me, satisfaction is what u will get after learning this piece. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
Edit: Thanks guys! Always happy to help :D
@Rousseau
Nuvole Bianche... in English "White Clouds", the title fits Ludovico's composition so well, tranquil, calm, effortless, floating. Ludovico receives a lot of negativity from the classical world due to his simplicity, though I think the simplicity of his work is also the beauty of his work. It's not trying too hard to evoke complex emotions or challenge audiences, it's creating a canvas for you to get lost in your own thoughts, and I think everyone needs a little bit of that sometimes. Hope you have an excellent Monday.
@NielsBohr107
Rousseau Ludovico is a wonderful composer, I really enjoy "le onde"
If you're taking request might I recommend something by Jóhann Jóhannson, I'd love to see what you could do with his work, keep up the great work!
@Noujilou
Rousseau Ludovico Einaudi is my favorite piano artist, their song are so beautiful and soothing, like a break for our soul
@anthonymaderas5365
this piece perfectly embodies the vibe for you to get lost in your own thoughts. I was having trouble placing the words to describe the feeling I was getting but that is it.
@letsplayleo
To be honest i felt exactly like the classical world...
Maybe its me, but i think the song is quite boring - modern even (which is almost everytime a bad thing)
@itssharpie8330
Rousseau he’s one of my favourite artists
@MarcusVeltri
You play so beautifully, amazing video!!! :)
@maxswelandrade2396
Marcus ❤
@jonaby2123
Marcus Veltri you aswell :)
@oncill
Oh hi Marcus! Love your vids just as much as Rousseau's. Keep doing what you do, your community loves you!