Hi every1!

My piano teacher has recently gone mad over a composer called Ludovico Einaudi. His music is a modern style and is absolutely gorgeous!!!

There is one piece called 'Le Onde' that sends shivers down my spine whenever i hear it!!!

Anyway it seems that he isnt very popular cos i could only get his sheet music off the internet.

So does anyone else share the passion for this Italian composer??

Thanx
charl

omg, you like him too! moi aussi! There is also this other guy, Thomas Otten, hes a singer with an alto voice who is great but nobody has heard of them! A guy in my school played Le Onde a couple of years ago, hes in uni now, very good on piano and bassoon and another guy, whos now in uni, played it too.he got the highest mark in the country for grade 7.
omg another fan! woohoo!
Naomi xxxx

oooh the excitement!!! i want to know more about these people!!!where can i hear their music-it sounds interesting!!

Nat

Ooooooooh yes !

I've heard of him.

I've also got the album/cd too ' Le Onde'

It's fab !

My friend has got the sheet music (not off the net). I shall ask where she got it.

Whenever she comes to my house or I to hers, I get her to play it. (my version of it doesn't sound quite as good as hers!)

Gooooorrrrgous !!!

Fiona

Natalie, do you have classic fm? as in the channel on tv? He's on there frequently, or alternatively, you could download it.
naomi xxxx

yeah i do thanks Naomi ill try that!!!

anyone know where i can get the score for Le Onde?!!!

Nat

Yay!!! im so glad you all know who he is!

Anyway you can get the score for 'le onde' from www.music-makers.co.uk

hope that helps!

Charl

Hey Charl thanks!!

i will certainly be lookin out for him!! do you know if his music is available to buy in music shops i.e sheet music?!!

Nat

Hi Nat,

I've seen the music on musicroom.com
It looks like it's a book of sheet music (68 pages) £14.95.

Hope this help

Fiona

Well that was the thing, i ordered all my sheet music off the internet cos my local music store can take months to order books in!!

I bought 'Ludovico Einaudi - The best of' its got 36 songs, a few from each of the 4 single books. It was £30 but well worth it!! Its a good source of ideas for gcse music!

The thing about his music is also that you have to put your own interpretation into how it should sound - not just play the notes as written

charl

thanks Fiona and Charl

i might be going to my music shop tomorrow so i will have a look for it, if not i will order it on the net!!!

Nat

His music is in all good music shops all of it. I have found his music wonderful to play (in small doses) and great for left and right hand coordination. I especially like Il Giorni. Yes, tune in to Classic FM where he has become quite a cult.

well the 2 music shops i go to are very good so now i know what to look for i should find it!!

Nat

hi

yep his music is nice!! very relaxing. i like modern music for the piano, it very deep, if you know what i mean??

jaime.

Yes I know.It just carries you away doesn't it? I feel the same when I listen to Enya I have to say!
Naomi xxxx

I saw his book this mornin and i think i will buy when i have some money!!! i had a look at Le Onde and i think i love it already without even hearing it!!lol

Nat

It does do that to you!
Naomi xxxx

aaaaahhhh Naomi has sent me Le Onde and its beautiful i have to play it!!

Nat

Me too!
Naomi xxxx

QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 16 2004, 07:59 PM)

There is one piece called 'Le Onde' that sends shivers down my spine whenever i hear it!!!

me too!!!! i makes me go all funny inside!! i am def buying it on monday!!!

im in love with it!

Nat

Me too.I remember when I first heard it when this guy, Chris played it a couple of years ago at school.I cried!
Naomi xxxx

just listened to it (blame Naomi) and I think it's lovely. Very simple - whch is always good


P.S. I apologise for sppelling - on a laptop, can't type on it.

I seem to be getting a bit of a rep. round here.Better stop recommending this music, lol
Naomi xxxx

I'm so glad you all know about Einaudi! I love his music, and it's not too difficult to play either! I got the sheet music for 'Eden Roc' from my local music shop at Christmas, and I also have his CD 'Echoes'. My favourites are 'Le Onde' and 'Nefeli'. Do any of you listen to Classic Fm? he's on it allllll the time. It's very nice music to go to sleep to I find!lol

Your faves are the same as mine and I LOVE Classic Fm.His work doesn't sound too difficult because it sounds quite arpeggiated.
Naomi xxxx

Naomi- have you got some of his sheet music? You really should because it's the sort that's easy to play but sounds really impressive! It is very arpeggiated and the left hand is mostly chord patterns, sort of Alberti bass style in a lot of them. Have you ever played the theme tune from the film 'The Piano'? (called 'the heart asks pleasure first' by Michael Nyman)- it's very like some of Einaudi's music, and it's so nice too!

no i haven't got any of that music i'm broke too. I want it though, at some point.
Naomi xxxx

For all you "fanatics" check this out:

www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

He even has a forum (OMG!! *screams*)

There is a person on that forum whos name is "natalie"

Natalie is that you?!

~*liz*~

He performed in Cambridge on the 25th March.

I can't believe I missed it.

hes been to England??!!
Naomi xxxx

Yes. He just finished his tour. He's back in Italy now.

oh pie!
Naomi xxxx

QUOTE (YoungPianist @ Apr 18 2004, 08:58 PM)

There is a person on that forum whos name is "natalie" Natalie is that you?!

no young pianist its not me im afraid!!i spend my time on this forum-im addicted!! but ill definitely check it out!!

Nat

moi aussi.more ludovico!
naomi xxxx

Hi,

I went to see Einaudi in Bristol and to be honest, I was disappointed. As someone said earlier, his music is nice to play in small doses - and I also like 'Le Onde' - but a whole 2 hours of him and the arpeggios / alberti bass was a bit much!

But if it gets people interested in classical music or if it inspires piano playing, great! Personally, I prefer Michael Nyman...

Mrs M

He really caught my attention when I first heard him, and I got 'the book' and enjoyed playing it, then I got the CD and then I got bored.

A bit repetitive don't you think?

Small doses on classic FM is quite nice, but not much more for me.

Hi trio

I absolutely agree and I had the exact same experience as you. The novelty has really worn off for me now and when I think how excited I was when I first heard them.... Yes, as I said from the beginning, "small doses" but I could not sit through a whole concert...!

Having said that, the pieces are lovely to play and great as studies because I still have difficulty with the arpeggios and there are a number of difficult left hand chord stretches in places!

I prefer Nyman, too, and also Philip Glass.

QUOTE (Mrs M @ Apr 20 2004, 08:25 AM)

I prefer Michael Nyman...

Hi Mrs M,

I've just looked up Michael Nyman and seen 'The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover'

I take it that he has done the sound track is to the film ?

I've seen that film. Very good but very strange too !

I'm just assuming he is the composer.

Fiona

QUOTE (Fiona @ Apr 20 2004, 10:38 AM)

QUOTE (Mrs M @ Apr 20 2004, 08:25 AM) I prefer Michael Nyman... Hi Mrs M, I've just looked up Michael Nyman and seen 'The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover' I take it that he has done the sound track is to the film ? I've seen that film. Very good but very strange too ! I'm just assuming he is the composer. Fiona

I think he did the soundtrack to the film "The Piano".

oooh ive bought his Le Onde book and i loooove playing Le Onde!!lol

Nat

Michael Nyman did indeed write the soundtrack to 'The Piano'. I play it all the time- it's beautiful! A lot of Einaudi's music reminds me of michael Nyman actually, can't say which I prefer! Yeah, so Einaudis music isn't great like Beethoven's or Mozart's, it's not exactly 'intellecutally stimulating', but it's lovely to listen to and I think its popularity has introduced a lot of people to classical music and piano playing...so he has to be a good thing!

I definitely agree with hgirl in that his (Einaudi's) music is great in that it is accessible enough to bring piano music to the attention of those who might have been otherwise intimidated by a composer like Beethoven who wrote in a much more 'demanding' style. Einaudi has certainly had plenty of exposure on Classic FM - he fits right into their style. Not quite so keen on him myself, but then I'm a weird kinda guy (for example I get excited by the way drums were recorded on records like "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zepelin!!!!!! ).
Re. Michael Nyman: It's interesting how contemporary composers are so often associated with film music nowadays. It's pretty rare to find composers like Einaudi or Karl Jenkins who get exposure for being composers in their own right... Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I just thought it was worth mentioning.

QUOTE (somatik @ Apr 22 2004, 05:44 PM)

I definitely agree with hgirl in that his (Einaudi's) music is great in that it is accessible enough to bring piano music to the attention of those who might have been otherwise intimidated by a composer like Beethoven who wrote in a much more 'demanding' style. Einaudi has certainly had plenty of exposure on Classic FM - he fits right into their style. Not quite so keen on him myself, but then I'm a weird kinda guy (for example I get excited by the way drums were recorded on records like "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zepelin!!!!!! ). Re. Michael Nyman: It's interesting how contemporary composers are so often associated with film music nowadays. It's pretty rare to find composers like Einaudi or Karl Jenkins who get exposure for being composers in their own right... Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I just thought it was worth mentioning.

Oh I disagree - I think Palladio deserves to make Jenkins famous without film music, as it's one of my favourite songs.

I think you misunderstood me DavidMusic - I didn't mean Einaudi or Jenkins didn't deserve to be popular/famous/recognised for their work, I meant that it's not that often nowadays that a composer becomes as successful as either of those two examples outside of the film score world. Having re-read my last post I can see how you misinterpretted the last paragraph. Don't get me wrong, I think it's excellent that there ARE some composers getting popularity like those two without having to be associated with a film!

Indeed. Personally (like many of us, I suspect) I'm an absolute elitist when it comes to buying music, and I won't buy pop or rock music, only classical and jazz. With this awful modern stuff, I just borrow CDs - there's very rarely re-listening value.

yup I've heard of him tho I lost my CD : (((

Order the sheet music from Chappell of Bond Street - they play the CD in there sometimes too!

i loooooooove ludovico einaudi!! Le Onde is amazing and now i can play it!!yay!!