Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli has been played on NTS in shows including Unthinkable w/ J.G. Biberkopf, featured first on 7 August 2015. Songs played include Préludes / Book 1, L. 117, Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum and Le Jardin Féerique.

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (January 5, 1920 – June 12, 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. He has been regarded as among the most commanding and individual piano virtuosos of the 20th century, among names such as Vladimir Horowitz and Sviatoslav Richter. He is often considered the most important Italian pianist after Ferruccio Busoni.

Born in the province of Brescia, he began music lessons at the age of three,…