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Italian pianist and composer renowned for his minimalist style and evocative film scoresBorn in Turin, Einaudi trained at Milan's Conservatorio Verdi under Luciano Berio. Initially composing classical works, he pioneered a minimalist fusion of classical, pop, and world music. His solo albums like 'Le Onde' and 'Divenire' achieved global success, while film scores for 'The Intouchables' and 'Nomadland' earned international acclaim.

• Despite his family's prominence (grandfather Luigi Einaudi was Italy's President; father Giulio Einaudi founded a major publishing house), Ludovico abandoned academia to pursue experimental music
• He unexpectedly shifted from avant-garde compositions to accessible minimalism in the 1990s, citing personal disillusionment with modernist elitism
• In 2016, he performed 'Elegy for the Arctic' on a floating platform amid melting glaciers, protesting climate change for Greenpeace
• His music was used in Derek Jarman's final film 'Blue' while the director was dying of AIDS, adding profound emotional weight to the soundtrack