As the problem of global warming is growing more serious every year, various organizations worldwide are trying to draw people’s attention to this undeniably formidable matter and raise awareness in every way possible.
Thus, recently the famous Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi (known for music to films like The Intouchables, Black Swan, Doctor Zhivago series, music works like I Giorni, Divenire, Primavera and many others) was asked to become the voice for Greenpeace’s campaign for saving the Arctic.
To make the message to the world leaders more clear and visual, the renowned pianist was taken to the heart of a melting glacier in Norway and performed there on a specially built floating platform with a grand piano installed on it. For the event, Einaudi, the author of hundreds of music scores already, composed a special theme piece titled “Elegy for the Arctic”. As you can see in the video below, the music piece embraces the ambiance perfectly. We can even observe the ice crumbling helplessly behind the pianist’s back.
Of course, it’s only a symbolic campaign in a world where the race for money and natural resources surpasses the needs of the surrounding nature. However, I wish this powerful act in defense of the fragility of this unique ecosystem did have the planned effect on the countries that are most involved in the destruction of the Arctic ocean.
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| an Arctic iceberg |
To make the message to the world leaders more clear and visual, the renowned pianist was taken to the heart of a melting glacier in Norway and performed there on a specially built floating platform with a grand piano installed on it. For the event, Einaudi, the author of hundreds of music scores already, composed a special theme piece titled “Elegy for the Arctic”. As you can see in the video below, the music piece embraces the ambiance perfectly. We can even observe the ice crumbling helplessly behind the pianist’s back.
Of course, it’s only a symbolic campaign in a world where the race for money and natural resources surpasses the needs of the surrounding nature. However, I wish this powerful act in defense of the fragility of this unique ecosystem did have the planned effect on the countries that are most involved in the destruction of the Arctic ocean.
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