Ludovico Einaudi The Summer Portraits Tour

  • Classical Music
  • Contemporary Music
  • Concert Hall
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The return of our generation’s most iconic classical artist in a record-breaking residency

The world’s most popular classical music composer, Italian pianist, Ludovico Einaudi, returns to undertake an unprecedented musical residency with six extraordinary concerts in the Concert Hall in January, featuring works from the new album The Summer Portraits plus beloved favourites. 

He has performed on an Arctic ice floe for Greenpeace and has seen his music become the soundtrack for Oscar and Golden Globe-winning films (Les Intouchables, Nomadland, The Father) and TikTok phenomena (his 2012 track Experience exploded on the app) alike. From his earliest work composing for theatre and ballet in the 1980s to his multi-million-selling albums like In a Time Lapse and his popular soundtracks across film and television, Einaudi has drawn upon neo-classical, pop, ambient, rock and experimental styles to create a sound that crosses boundaries and generations, becoming the world’s best known – and most streamed – classical music artist in the process.

Einaudi’s The Summer Portraits is a lush return to full-band textures and is the result of a cascade of personal memories triggered by sun, summer and family holidays. On his last Australian tour, before a gig at the Sydney Opera House, Einaudi sat down and started composing the single Rose Bay, based on his sense impressions of the bay his grandfather made home.

Don’t miss your chance to experience the world’s most popular contemporary classical artist.

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A sonic massage for the brain.

London Evening Standard

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. 

All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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