Ludovico Einaudi: ‘I record most ideas on my phone’

With sheets of music scattered around his room and a piano in a central position, the Italian composer and conductor Ludovico Einaudi, known for his music in Oscar-winning productions such as Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland," talks to Κathimerini in an online interview about his return to Athens, for a performance at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on Saturday evening, and the importance for him of expressing his emotions in his music.

The maestro does not seem to accept the title of "minimalist," as many classify him. "I do not know exactly what 'minimalism' means, but maybe it reflects how I organize and control my emotions. The emotions are a big part of my work, but I have to constantly structure them." He adds: "When I compose music, it is not specifically connected to a story, but it is more like a place inside myself where I try to dive in and bring out those emotions. This...