Ludovico Einaudi has announced his forthcoming album ‘The Summer Portraits’, released via Decca.
Set to arrive on January 31st 2025, the classical composer and pianist marks his 17th full body of work to date, a rich, collaborative reflection on childhood, family history and growth. Sparked by his time spent in a Mediterranean villa decorated by oil paintings, the artist lends his focus to storytelling.
Ludovico comments: “I started to think of my summers, the time where my life was strictly connected with all my senses, where the days felt like months and months like years, and I was free from morning to night.”
He continues, “every day was a new discovery of life, and nature was a fundamental part of it. We were nature…”
Recorded between the iconic Abbey Road studios and Einaudi’s home studio, the 13-track project incorporates violin contributions from Théotime Langlois de Swarte and orchestral strings performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Opening track ‘Rose Bay’ serves as an entry point to Einaudi’s current work, a reference to the suburbs of Sydney from which his grandfather and renown composer, Wando ldrovandi, would re-locate as a form of protest against fascism in the 1930s. Leaving behind his home and family, Einaudi reflects on his relative: “I grew up with the image of this person that I never saw,” Einaudi says. “My mother missed her father all her life. Music became a place where she could connect to him”.
Revealing footage from the artist’s early holidays, ‘Rose Bay’ peels back another layer of Ludovico Einaudi’s discography, gearing up towards a five-night stint at London’s Royal Albert Hall next summer.
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