The term "inner necessity” was borrowed by Einaudi from Wassily Kandinsky, whose influence on the Italian was comparable to that of his music teacher, Luciano Berio. Einaudi also admired The Beatles, in much the same way he admires Arnold Schönberg or African folk music, with his interest in the latter leading to a collaboration with Mali's Ballaké Sissoko. Einaudi was born in Turin in 1955 and the influence of his home country has been no less significant. His father was a prestigious book publisher and his mother a pianist, which helped pave the way for his artistic career. (His grandfather, the distinctly left-wing Luigi Einaudi, was elected Prime Minister of the Italian Republic in 1948.) After completing his musical education at the Milan Conservatory, Ludovico first came to prominence in the 1980s, writing numerous songs for piano, chamber and symphony orchestras and ensembles before moving into video, dance and ballet. In the 1990s, Einaudi also began composing music for various television series and films, including This is England, Doctor Zhivago, Insidious and The Intouchables. He has released 22 albums to date, with the latest entitled Elements in 2015. He now brings the Elements show to Müpa Budapest for his first ever Hungarian concert.

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