Ludovico Einaudi's New Album ‘The Summer Portraits’ Out Now

Prolific classical musician Ludovico Einaudi has shared his next project 'The Summer Portraits'

Described as a song cycle, The Summer Portraits has 13 tracks, including “Maria Callas,” a track inspired by the opera singer. Other tracks “To Be Sun,” “Sequence” as well as the recently released "Pathos" feature Theótime Langlois de Swarte, the French violinist.

Einaudi is also playing a number of dates across Europe this year, many of which are already sold out. These include a show in Torino, Italy, as well as five sold-out nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London, a record-setting run at the venue for a pianist.

The new project is inspired partially by the musician’s childhood in Torino. “I always considered Torino a place I would never go back to live. It was very grey, very industrial – I felt like I was in a cage,” Einaudi says in a press statement. “It’s a strange place, very poetic in a way. The soul of the people is more hidden. They don’t show things off – you have to find the dynamism inside yourself…”