I think Einaudi was able to find the right angle in order to make classical sound arrive to a general public. We mustn't forget he studied composition with Luciano Berio, so he knows his craft. I am a classical composer that learned to appreciate Einaudi's style. Is not at all easy to make simple things without sounding vanal, and he gets it right a lot.
1 year ago | 27
When I was younger I idolised him a bit. I think he made the prospect of being a professional musician seem more accessible and attainable. Now I don’t really keep up with his newer stuff but have quite fond memories of pieces like Eden Roc.
1 year ago | 6
I think his approach could work well in a pop context (I say this as a pop enjoyer), but I feel (and this is a personal feeling) that, when it comes to classical music, I tend to gravitate towards other styles.
1 year ago (edited) | 6
Had the pleasure of seeing him live once. His music definitely represents a challenge for the musicians, it stands or falls based on the performance rather than the composition on it's own.
1 year ago | 1
Need some data for a possible upcoming video, would appreciate your response!
1 year ago | 7
Neither like nor hate. His music lands on the peaceful side of the spectrum of my palettes. There will always be a place for every kind of music as they are for various times and purposes.
1 year ago | 6
I listened to some samples of Einaudi's music. His music is in the realm of mundane power ballads I've heard young people hammering out in practice rooms at college. If I had written music like this, I would have been kicked out of the music program at the state university I attended. Then again, I suppose he makes a living with his music which is more than I can say about myself.
1 year ago | 6
In the now legendary MuseScore review video by Tantacrul (which eventually landed him the job of chief MuseScore UI designer), he proposed adding an "All-Seeing Eye of Terpsichore" to the UI. Which, among other things, would shrivel up and die as soon as it saw the author name "Ludovico Einaudi" on a score. Jokes aside, personally, for what little I've heard of Einaudi's music, it seems to work well for atmospheric stuff, but feels kinda bland when given centerpiece status. Like every single edge has been meticulously filed off.
1 year ago (edited) | 15
There’s room for Ludovico Einaudi and there’s room for Brian Ferneyhough too. It’s all music.
1 year ago | 16
There are a few gems in his oeuvre, but 90% or more of it is pure hotel art-level schlock.
1 year ago | 2
He's struck a goldmine of simple but pretty music that the majority of people can enjoy listening to because it's not as complicated or as dense as composers like Rachmaninoff or Liszt. I don't particularly enjoy his music, but I wouldn't go out of my way to avoid listening to it at all
1 year ago (edited) | 2
I wouldn’t say “hate it”, let’s just say that my one year old son sleeps faster with Einaudi’s music than the twinkle twinkle little star.
1 year ago | 7
I know Einaudi's music from films such as "Les Intouchables" and "Nomadland". In both cases the music struck me as perfectly decent atmospheric film music. It would have never occured to me, though, that it was music created by someone who was classically trained and is sometimes – controversially, of course, – associated with the label (I only found out afterwards who Einaudi was).
1 year ago | 1
I used to play it regularly as background music at a hotel and it always went over well. It’s well written background music. That’s about it.
1 year ago | 0
I love his music (and yes, I also studied contemporary classical composition and love Ligeti too). There’s something to be said for only a few notes - but the perfect few notes. To my ears he stands above the rest of the many composers doing the post-minimalist/pop/classical piano thing.
1 year ago | 0
i think the thing that upsets a number of composers about einaudi is that he seems to occupy a space of “hailed as the second coming of beethoven” by labels like DG, who are really just looking for something extremely nonconfrontational which they know will be commercially viable.
1 year ago | 0
Both two of my piano and composition teachers In different countries, speaking different languages, decided, un-prompted, during the very first lesson I had with them to dunk on Einaudi’s music. There’s something about the simplicity of his music, the niche it takes, that really irks people who had spent decades learning advanced theory. It might come down to jealousy, but maybe there is something more interesting going on. Really looking forward to that video!
1 year ago | 3
There's some recordings of his I liked, but I don't think I'd feel the need see him live. The sound of the recordings was actually half the appeal of certain tracks of his, they're really well recorded.
1 year ago | 3
I think it does what it's supposed to do. It's meant to be pleasant to listen to, and it is. I am a pretty big classical head, and that is the group that probably reviles his work the most... but tbh the only only people mad about it are those who think the value of music is in some intellectualization, rather than experience... and of course, even their experience won't be that great in light of the fact they are expecting intellectual intrigue... or at least need it to enjoy something. Overanalyzing music not intended to be analyzed, so of course they find it's vacuous...
1 year ago | 3
David Bruce Composer
What do you think of Ludovico Einaudi's Music?
1 year ago | [YT] | 53