He made a spectacular concert in the middle of the Arctic to save – La Nacion (Argentina)

The pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi climbed to a floating platform and performed a musical piece among the icebergs

Ludovico Einaudi concert in the middle of the Arctic

Svalbard (Norway) .- Ludovico Einaudi, the great and renowned composer and pianist Italian performed a musical performance with a grand piano located above a floating platform in the Arctic to raise awareness of protection.

Einaudi especially created a musical piece and executed in the middle of the ocean off glacier Wahlenbergbreen in Svalbard (Norway).

Einaudi traveled to the Arctic on board the Greenpeace ship ‘Arctic Sunrise’, coinciding with the beginning in Tenerife an important event for the future of the Arctic, as this week the OSPAR Commission (international Commission for the protection of the marine Environment of the Northeast Atlantic), which would ensure the creation of the first protected in international waters of the Arctic ocean area

meets. in the middle of the frigid water, Einaudi performed the piece ‘Elegy for the Arctic’ ( ‘Elegy for the Arctic’), inspired by the beauty of the ocean and the threats it faces.

in the absence of ice on the sea in the place where the action was planned, due to its reverse climate change, the organization built a platform 2,6×10 meters for this action, which simulates an iceberg made over 300 wooden triangles linked together with a total weight of almost two tons.

on it, Greenpeace placed the piano, who has traveled from its factory in Germany to the Arctic in the cellar of the ‘Arctic Sunrise’.

“Being here has been a great experience. I could see the purity and fragility of this area with my own eyes and interpret a song I wrote in the best stage in the world, “said Einaudi from the ‘Arctic Sunrise’, before adding:” It is important that we understand the importance of Arctic, stop the process of destruction and protect it. “