Ludovico Einaudi - I Giorni (Live at the Old Vic Tunnels / 2011) 

This songs explains why lyrics are not always necessary. One of the most beautiful piano songs ever written.

My father died in 1997 and was a brilliant pianist. He would have loved this. Love you Dad xxxx

I searched this song for 10 years and I finally found today... truly a good day! I herad this in one of an Indian telecom airtel ad in 2010 ... it got stuck in my head immediately .. I never knew this was a real song and not just a tv ad song. I used to play this in my head... I found it today and I am going to listen to it entire my life ...

I’ve never seen a pianist that makes such a simple song so incredibly beautiful

Listening to this song is like listening to a story that only your own mind can tell you.

The comment section of every Einaudi's song is like youtube's heaven, no hating, everyone loving, enjoing the music and asking themselves how anyone in this world could dislike a song like this.

This song is a true masterpiece. To me, it tells the story of two young strangers who bumped into each other, started talking, became friends, fell in love. However, circumstances changed, and one of them had to move away. The relationship became long distance, and although things were okay at first, eventually it grew thin. They decided it was best to move on and focus on their lives independently. Years later, they coincidentally bumped into each other in the same place where they first met. They share the years that passed and of their careers and their own family.

The title of the piece is perfect. It sounds like one is reminiscing about how "those were the days" - cherished memories of lost time we can never get back.

Has anyone else noticed how subtle and understated the whole video. The music is beautiful and passive, the lighting perfectly pitched, and Einaudi's hands just glide over the keyboard in a ripple of tireless movement - no pretentious flicks or self-absorbed facial expressions. Just a composer, and his music in perfect harmony.

This man must have a very pure beautiful clear soul to produce music like this

Just a man and a piano.... outstanding!

I don't know why, but I'm crying my heart out while listening to this 😭

So i was driving down the m1 one afternoon listening to classical fm...this piece came on and i was like wow....forgot what its was called and couldnt find it....2 weeks later classical fm and its played again...this time jogged it down and downloaded...played it at home to my then girlfriend who loved it....my then girlfriend decided she would love to walk down the aisle to it....so she did and she is now my wife....did it for us guys...give it a try

I never would usually put anything like this but I just need to let it out. I've just lost a friend tonight who has sadly passed on to heaven. This one is for you. RIP CS

He played the whole song with his eyes closed. That shows his passion and love for it.

I played this piece for my A Level assessment. I am very grateful my teacher recommended me this beauty of song. She gave me the choice to switch to another piece if I wanted to, but I said this one was the one I wanted to play. The reason I did this was because I was trying to cope with my dog's death (maybe you may say it's ridiculous but he meant a lot to me, we've been together for 7 years, since I was 12). Every time I play this song, it makes me remember him and I know he is up there, watching me from heaven. 😔😢

I’ve been playing ludovico’s music since I discovered him at 14 or 15 years old. I played this song (along with oltremare) at my very last piano recital. It was the only recital my father didn’t attend, as he had passed a few months before. It was incredibly difficult but I felt the music pouring from my heart and everything else faded away. I could just feel my dad was there that day, he loved hearing me play (even when I was 5 years old playing Yankee Doodle over and over :p). Ludovico’s music has gotten me through rough years and allowed me to express my emotions when I couldn’t put them to words and he’s forever my hero for giving me such a gift

I was at my son's piano recital yesterday. One of the other children in the recital, a girl around 12 years old, played this. It was the first time I've ever heard it. My eyes started tearing up. Sometimes music has a way of catching you off guard, and it's a nice feeling.

Perfect. I played this for my Grandma's funeral as everyone walked in, many years ago I can still see the memories of her playing with me, smiling at me and for all the wonderful things a Grandma does and this track let me visualize every single detail. Thankyou for this x

ANYONE 2024?

Thank God for music like this

There's is nothing pretentious about this. One of the world's greatest minimalist composers playing to a small audience in a humble place..That alone makes it beautiful, but when you add the composition itself and how well it's executed and how well it pairs with the environment, it's like a fine wine paired perfect for dinner. it's just breathtaking. We live in a dark world without much beauty really being produced from humanity. It makes me tear up every time I really stop and pay attention to what Einaudi is doing, because it's so much more than what it's trying to be. I have a few friends who frown on Einaudi's work and they say "It's ok, but I just don't get it" and then go back to listening to Debussy. It's as if the composition complexity isn't there they can't be moved. I feel sad for them, it's as if their ears and hearts can't hear these pieces as a whole and all the magic that's going n in the empty space. It's as if they are color blind to the the beauty in the simplicity of it and don't understand the genius of it. I do think lesser of them for it. Maybe it's wrong of me, but I think if all they can appreciate is the mechanical aspects of composition. Then they have been robbed of it's beauty altogether. Let everyone take from music what they will, but as they bask in their pretension they miss the entire point which devalues music altogether. But I will admit I am biased.

My daughter played this for her piano recital and I have been in love with this song ever since. Thank you Elisa for the limitless beauty you have brought to my life.

I could watch this man play all day, everyday, for the rest of my life and never grow tired of a single note. If this is the only music I ever hear again, I would be contented.

... Breath taking piece of music. After a long hard day it was nice to put my feet up, pour a nice drink and close my eyes and just listen to him play with a small smile across my face.

I'm so grateful I have learned to play this masterpiece. It helps my grief for my older brother I lost 2 months ago, I'm 19 and he was 26, about to turn 27...💔

This has always stopped me in my tracks. When it plays I have to stop what I'm doing and just listen. It's an incredible piece.

Quello che mi chiedo é perché un Artista (la a maiuscola non é a caso), nonché maestro, é poco commentato da noi italiani. Abbiamo la fortuna di vivere nella stessa epoca di un Mozart moderno e dai commenti che leggo se ne accorgono solo all'estero. Che tristezza! Grande Ludovico. Grazie per quello che fai.

I Giorni is not just a song, it is a wonderful piece of art. There is people who play this piece, and then there's people who actually PLAY the song. It absorbs so much emotion from me when I play it, and I just become completely unaware of my surroundings as my hands glide across the piano. I actually change the way I play it depending on my feelings, and I absolutely love it....definitely one of my favourite pieces of art ever brought onto this planet!!

..einfach himmlisch und wunderschön zum Träumen und entspannen❤❤❤

Just read a comment written 7 yrs ago “ this song is like listening to a story that only your own mind can tell “ and oh god how it reminds me of her , the person i love and our first meeting , this song brings sorrow and peace to my soul at the same time for how it makes me remember each and every detail of our meeting , if you’re reading my comment then pray for my soul to get healed. Thank you for this song !

This rips me into shreds, it reignites a memory i suppressed, feelings i forgot, a love long lost, the first love, the pain of parting, the pain of thousand things unsaid, and years of becoming apathetic to suppress that loss, this ignites that melancholy, that heaviness of the heart , it makes me feel alive again, that pain makes me feel alive, it reminds me of precious memories and my sins, it reminds me of the love i was capable of, it reminds me that i am human

For some reason, this song always makes me cry. It's just too beautiful.

I came here from Wattpad. An author recommended this to us to listen because this was part of a chapter in her story, so I gave it a try and WOW, I understand the protagonist's feelings when he said he felt calm when he was listening to this. I love it❤️

Bendito sea ludovico,gracias por esas melodias que acarician el alma y el corazon!

I love the way he looks at his piano

Ludovico and Yiruma are my forever favorites.

A girlfriend of mine, who I met online playing a video game 12 years ago strangely enough, introduced to me this composer. We are still friends today but she is dying of cancer. She doesnt have long left, she is only 35. She plays the piano, has had a very hard life, and I grew up in a broken home on a council estate, but compared what she had growing up, Im a prince! Anyways, I admire her she is so talented and intelligent and just ... a decent girl. A rock! So I am her rock, now. We are each others ROCK. Anyways, I played this at my Dads funeral. He didnt know it, he was into the classics as he was very old. But I figured he'd like this, and it reminds me of him. My life right now is falling apart and not in a dramatic way. My life, has recently, fallen to pieces and there is getting back where I was. But if my Dad was here, although even he couldn't fix me, he'd have something to say to make me feel better, to put a bigger picture to me and help, as he always used to. Make me focus on something else, cos what good did thinking of yourself ever do anyone? So ... on we go. "Do the best you can!" he would say. The most simple lines, that always lead you to something good and right. Lovely piano piece, this. Doesnt even make me sad. Or maybe Im sad all the time? Who knows! On we go.

This was the first song I heard of Ludovico and it got me hooked on his music 👌🎶❤ love from Liverpool UK ✌️

Ludovico brings so much emotions with all of his creations. It is the best, I love it very very much.

This man is a gift to mankind

He is the piano boss. Life is not worthy without listening to your music. Love from Bangladesh!!!

You can see him living his music and that tells you everything. Perfection.

This was played at my grandfathers funeral during the time to reflect and Its such a peaceful song and when i miss him the most i come back just to listen and be at peace again

BEST PART: 00:00 - 6:37

I can nearly hear the Italian rhythm of speaking in his music. No words yet I feel the language...remarkable.

0% lyrics... 100% perfection literally a masterpiece...

I am completely in love with this wonderful man's talent and ability to move me. After a difficult day he's my answer to relaxation on the drive home. Quite contemplation of the beauty of life. I am thankful for all I have even the bad days. Others go through far worse just to survive every day so who am I that I complain about a bad work day? I'm very fortunate to have found this man's talent to make me realize just how lucky I am. Wishing him continued success.

Dovrebbe essere intitolata "I Brividi" per quanto è bella. Grazie per questa magnifica musica Ludovico!

he is the one pianist that made me starting piano at 44, such grace, harmony like touched by the divine.

This song reminds of my childhood innocence. Idk why but I can just feel it. I can really feel it especially at 1:23. It reminds me of how I fiind happiness through simple things ; it reminds me of the lullabies my parents used to sing to me; it reminds me of those days when i was younger- when life was simple... The good old days...

Quando le note, accarezzano il cuore, già sai dove andrà la mente. Un viaggio nell'immenso. Grazie Ludovico. Saluti da Firenze.

I can hear this 1000 times...still I will not get bored😊

Magnificent. Music with no words spoken but felt. We all have our own story we hear from this beautiful work of art. May your story be not only felt but heard. Bless everyone

The unique stop pause and start, is all I hear so unique it's as if he delivers a message and gives you the moment to reflect what beauty he just produced it's a feeling inside like an understanding without any need for words! Magical, enchanting! I'm hooked!

You forget everything for 7 Minutes

Per qualche motivo le sue canzoni mi fanno sempre piangere ... Sono fantastiche mi riempiono il cuore.. . Non ho parole.. Sei un grande uomo.

Cet homme est un génie ❤ 🎶🎶🎶

I used to play this to my pregnant belly before my daughter was born. I love this piece, it’s such a mixture of emotions. I could listen to it on repeat for hours

I walked down the Isle to this music aged 70. No better to capture the essence of life.

I am hearing this, during the pandemic. Never in my entire life have I felt so alone, as I do right now. I miss how the world used to be. Miss meeting new people, miss being with the ones I love, miss giving them that extra tight hug for no reason.. Well yeah. This social isolation .. :-(

Imagine you hear this in Satsang with your Guruji. Silent tears are running down the cheeks and the heart is almost bursting from love and bliss. There is a obvious smile on your face and even if you wanted, you cannot suppress it. There is no player, no experiencer, only the music, only You. What a grace, what a blessing! Thank you.

This hits home. Used to listen to this back in final year uni, during early hours of the morning revising, dissertation deadline looming and this playing lightly in the background, what a gem!

I was on a concert in Prague one week ago... I must say, that I never heard anything such beautiful... Your music has the athmosphere, it lets my soul fly... Please maestro Einaudi, come to Prague more often - we were amazed, all people in the huge Congress center in Prague... Let me feel such incredible feelings at least once more in my life! Thank you

When I close my eyes, I see these ..things. Dancing and curling in front of me. Colors playing with my mind and emotions beating on my skin. I am drifting in space. Wild, but peaceful Planets rush past. Joy and peace overcomes me. Nothing stays, but nothing leaves. Nothing makes sense, but everything is true. A whole new universe in my mind. Then I open my eyes and feel happy. Music is not entertainment, not art, not emotion. It is simply music. Incomprehensible, unsearchable. No word can truly describe music. Music is the other dimension in our head.

So beautiful it captures the true spirit of music ❤

what i love about this piece is it always involks a sense of nostalgia in me. Thoughts about places i've been, people i've been with, and nothing extravagant....just memories about times around a table enjoying a good meal with people I'm close to, or sitting on a beach with my friends. For me, it's a song of just remembering all those wonderfull little moments that makes life good.

His genius is his apparent simplicity, when less is truly more!

Imagine if you were trying to hold in a cough for this whole performance

❤ My then 2 year old son and I would listen to this every morning while having a calm breakfast, this is our song. This week we will listen to your music in our homeschool. Just wanted you to know that you have been part of the best years of our lives.

Wow...I don't believe this...I just burst into tears while looking how deeply he has immersed into the world of mortals...his expression gave me goosebumps knowing that we're all here for a limited time...it's ephemeral...n is constantly flowing and slipping through our grasp of hands...beyond our wanting to stay a bit longer...

So many emotions in a single track

In my mind there is a story, a story about a girl who had lost almost everything, everything down to the very last penny she had in her pocket. One day, a man, talked to her. Then no later they fell in love, with deep emotions, she felt like she had everything. Even if she doesn't have a home, or a car or even nice clothes. He loved her for her inner beauty, a beauty that only he could see. She loved him truly till the day she died. When she did die, all of her beauty never vanished. Today we know this beauty not simply by your wife or husbands eyes, or the beauty in your backyard. Its the beauty that we all hold within our hearts, and that is what makes us BEAUTIFUL...

Ludovico produces songs that both invokes feelings of sadness and happiness at the same time. Still listening to this in 2022.

This man's heart sincerely resides in his fingers. Every upwelling note yearning for you to feel what he feels. Cannot appreciate this enough.

This song is going to be played at my Grandfather’s funeral next week. He loved this piece. Thank you Einaudi for writing such amazing music!

Ive never heard something so bittersweet before. A perfect combination of both happy and sad Just wow..

Grande Ludovico, grande! Fue algo increíble escucharlo cuando vino acá a Monterrey, gracias! Te esperamos pronto

In a world full of anxiety and deep inner sadness this piece of art truly grounds me and reminds me to keep going and that brighter days are ahead ✨🤎

That's what you call playing the piano with an emotion...

...la sua musica è la voce delle emozioni che noi ascoltatori (anche i profani come me)abbiamo dentro e non sapevamo ascoltare...grazie!

This is absolutely magnificent in every sense of the word. It breaks my heart to hear it but I can’t stop playing it either.

This always brings me to tears. It makes me remember all the good times and the bad. It makes me reminisce about childhood surrounded by all my friends and loved ones without a care in the world. It brings me joy and pulls me back to the present, reminds me of my journey, and always makes me more grateful for what I have. It reminds me of who I am and who I want to be. Its the one thing than truly calms me, and brings me peace. I simply can't describe it. Unadulterated joyful, heart wrenching wonder.

love this ... my daughter learned to play this when she was 14 had me in tears very proud moment xx

Ludovico Einaudi non è solo musica...è amore, è poesia è vita.....il cuore affonda come in un cuscino di tenera delicatezza e gode come ogni cellula dell'amore che esce dalle mani e cade sui tasti e magicamente arriva alle orecchie per investire cuore e anima di semplice e delicata gioia di vivere. Grazie di esistere e di regalarci da anni tutto questo.

This is Such a beautiful song. Well done Ludovico Einaudi 😄

Just beautiful

This song just makes me feel alive. Like i matter and am in charge of my own story. Thats the journey i am taken on when i close my eyes. That no matter what happens, be true to myself , enjoy the little moments and live with no regrets. Simply to not just survive, but exist. And that, that is a priceless feeling.

This song is one of few you can carry with you your whole life, the melody is so pure and simple. You cannot simply not be moved by this masterpiece. Grazie Signore Einaudi.

This has been my most favorite song for many years… I listen to it when am afraid, calm, happy, distressed, angry, sad, joyful and it always manages to get me to a very beautiful place at the end…its weird!!! Thank you Ludovico you are a genius ❤️ will be grateful for ever ❤️

this man is a gift to the world from god. he was born for this purpose in the same way hendrix is to a guitar, jordan is to a basketball court and so on. he is the best.

This man is my absolute idol. His music has continued to inspire my piano for so many years. I listen to i Giorni and Nuvole Bianche everyday, Islands CD was the best and most worthwhile purchase I have ever made in my life. I am absolutely in love with this man's music. This is in my opinion, heaven.

This song is so beautiful and powerful It's kinda like he's playing you a story that only you know.. ❤️

Bravo, bravo, bravo!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

best song all time...

This song helped me through some of my darkest days and always enables me to feel so relaxed. I am eternally grateful for Ludovico Einaudi and his music.

when i listen to ludovico's songs its like coming back to childhood at christmas and vacation. A happiness and feeling so at ease. Greetings from Brazil

The saddest pert of my life is that my deceased husband had the ability to play beautiful music like this but chose to play garbage instead. It is so incredibly beautiful and magnificently well presented. Thank you.

Listening to this piece, made my heart melt as the memories keep replying in my head. Such a wonderful piece. Thanks to inang CC for recommending this. Xanthie and Kade🫶🏻

This song compels me to think .. To imagine what was once beyond my knowledge.. To believe that anything is possible.All it takes is work ..be it smart or hard.. This song is one of the very few that brings this feeling in me.. And this man ..I am speechless 👏