Ludovico Einaudi Makes Milwaukee Debut at the Marcus Center's Vogel Hall 10/16

Ponderosa Music & Art is proud to present, Ludovico Einaudi, in Vogel Hall on Saturday, October 16. This special solo piano concert will showcase Ludovico's music for the first time in Milwaukee. His music is ambient, meditative and often introspective, drawing on minimalism, world music and contemporary pop. Ludovico is a household name in the UK and Europe and is now being introduced to American audiences.

Ludovico Einaudi might be the most popular musician you've never heard of. But if you're a fan of film, television, or even basketball, you've probably heard his music. The NBA, the British TV series Doctor Zhivago, and films like This Is England and The Reader have all used Einaudi's lyrical, atmospheric works. In an age when we resort to terms like "post-rock" and "post-classical" to describe some of today's most interesting musicians, Einaudi is post-everything. His new record, Nightbook, is as definitive a collection as you can expect from a music that is essentially indefinable. Einaudi blends evocative piano Minimalism with almost Impressionist touches of ambient electronica, strings, and percussion. Nightbook builds on the success of Einaudi's last album, Divenire, which introduced him to American listeners in a big way: The album's title track alone attracted a quarter million hits on Einaudi's MySpace page - well beyond what you'd expect for either a classical composer or an electronica act.
But Einaudi is neither a conventional classical composer nor an electronica artist; and this is the reason his name is not better known in America...yet - most observers of the music scene just don't know how to categorize him. Take Divenire, for example. It reached the top 10 in Billboard's Classical Crossover chart, hit #1 on the iTunes classical chart, and was #78 on the iTunes pop chart. But while the chart-makers may have been confused, Einaudi's listeners were not. They've turned out in force whether he's performing at the hot new club Le Poisson Rouge in New York or selling out the famed Royal Albert Hall in London- three months in advance. And they've already made his new album, Nightbook, a #1-seller on the iTunes classical charts in the U.S., Italy, France, Germany, and the UK, where Einaudi has been especially popular.

More information can be found at www.ludovicoeinaudi.com and www.facebook.com/ludovicoeinaudi
The performance is on Saturday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and range from $22-$32 and vary depending on seat location and date of purchase. Tickets are available through the Marcus Center Box Office (414) 273-7206 or online at www.MarcusCenter.org. Groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets by calling Group Sales at (414) 273-7121 x210.

 

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