Snobbery in Classic Music | Ludovico Einaudi | Oxford Union

Pianist, Ludovico Einaudi talks about snobbery in the classical music industry.
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Pianist, Ludovico Einaudi talks about snobbery in the classical music industry.
Filmed on Thursday 14th November 2013

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ABOUT LUDOVICO EINAUDI:
Ludovico Einaudi OMRI is an Italian pianist and composer. After training at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan and under composer Luciano Berio in the early 1980s, Einaudi started his career as a classical composer and soon began incorporating other styles and genres, including pop, rock, world music, and folk music.
Einaudi composed the scores for a number of films and trailers, including The Intouchables, I'm Still Here, Doctor Zhivago, and Acquario in 1996, for which he won the Grolla d'oro for best soundtrack. He has also released a number of solo albums of piano and orchestra, notably I Giorni in 2001, Nightbook in 2009, and In a Time Lapse in 2013.

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