Ludovico Einaudi is an Italian composer and pianist, born November 23, 1955, in Turin. He trained at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, earning a composition diploma in 1982, and studied orchestration under Luciano Berio, whose influence he has described as teaching him “there is a sort of dignity inside music.” Beginning as a classical composer, Einaudi progressively absorbed pop, rock, folk, and world-music elements, moving through dance and multimedia collaborations before becoming a prominent film composer from the mid-1990s (scores for “The Intouchables,” “Nomadland,” “The Father”). His piano-centred, repetitive, meditative albums — including “Le Onde” (1996), “I Giorni” (2001), “Divenire” (2006), and “In a Time Lapse” (2013) — are released on Decca Records.

Often described as a leading figure of “post-minimalism,” Einaudi is one of the most-streamed classical/crossover composers in the world, credited with bringing contemporary piano composition to a mass audience while remaining part of Deutsche Grammophon/Decca’s classical roster.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_Einaudi