I’m a sucker for beautiful piano – I should be as that’s the kind of piano I like to write and play. Ludovico Einaudi is a genius and this track with its 29+ million streams is a good example of why.
For me – the purpose of music to grieve to is to create an emotional state where I can be with my grief – my loss – to feel it – to experience it and hopefully move through it. Whether it’s a song with a lyric that resonates with me or an instrumental that creates the right environment – I’m actively choosing to listen to it – and that means I’m actively choosing to deal with my grief.
Le Onde evokes so many memories – creates so many emotions – it is delicate but dynamic, it plays with major and minor themes, it strives to be free and yet pulls itself back into calm and sometimes painful introspection.
At least – that is what it does for me – you should try it…
(Oh – and he was the crazy dude that was playing a grand piano in the artic – so – yeah – he’s a dude!)
