Ludovico Einaudi returns with a brand new album The Summer Portraits.

In the summer of 2023, Einaudi rented a house on the Island of Elba, Italy, and discovered beautiful oil paintings on wood inside. They depicted views from the house and seemed very personal. After inquiring, he learned they were painted over time by a woman who owned the house in the 1950s and spent her summers there. This inspired him to reminisce about his own childhood summers, which were filled with freedom and sensory experiences, in contrast to returning to his industrial hometown of Torino.

He realised that these summer memories are a shared experience for many people. The opening track on the album, “Rose Bay”, recounts delightful summers spent with his aunt in the Sydney suburb many years ago.