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Elegy for the Arctic

Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi performs an original piece "Elegy for the Arctic", on the Arctic Ocean to call for its protection, on June 17th, 2016. With a grand piano on a floating platform in front of a glacier, Einaudi played an original piece composed for the cause. The acclaimed composer has turned into music the voices of the eight million people that asks for Arctic protection. With this action, Greenpeace is urging the OSPAR Commission not to miss the opportunity to protect international Arctic waters under its mandate at this week's meeting in Tenerife.

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Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi (1955) is an Italian neoclassical pianist and composer. Having studied composition in Milan and subsequently with Luciano Berio, he produced a number of chamber, orchestral and dance theatre works in the 1980s. In the mid-1990s, he started to write film soundtracks and released his solo debut album “Le Onde” (1996). Einaudi celebrated massive success with piano pieces that incorporated electronic influences, such as “I Giorni” (2001), “Nightbook” (2009), and “In A Time Lapse” (2013).

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