Whether composing for orchestras, ballets, movie soundtracks or even adverts,
Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi – born on November 23, 1955, in Turin, Italy –
developed a beautifully tense, minimalist style, influenced as much by Mozart
and Beethoven as The Beatles and Radiohead, to become as popular with both young
and old audiences. The grandson of Luigi Einaudi, Italy's first post-war
President, his mother was a pianist who gave him his first lessons, but he also
picked up the guitar and absorbed the rebellion and attitude of the great 1960s
rock stars in his youth. He later st...