Ludovico Einaudi Announces New Album ‘The Summer Portraits’

Prolific classical musician Ludovico Einaudi is almost ready to share his next project. The most-streamed classical artist on the planet announced that his next album The Summer Portraits will be officially released on January 31, 2025. The lead singles “Rose Bay” and "Pathos" are out now.

Described as a song cycle, The Summer Portraits will have 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 autumn, 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…”