★★★☆☆To the bemusement of classical music critics, Ludovico Einaudi’s gentle ascent to world domination continues. This performance was the first of seven sold-out Barbican dates by the globe’s most streamed classical music artist. The 63-year-old Italian pianist and composer will be back for a sold-out UK tour in the autumn. This left the audience free to focus on Einaudi’s music, a placid realm where discord, rebellion, angst — or complex thematic development — are strangers. The trio played miniatures from Einaudi’s Seven…

Source: The Times August 01, 2019 16:07 UTC