Internationally renowned Italian pianist and conductor Maurizio Pollini has died at the age of 82, the Teatro alla Scala opera house in his native Milan said on Saturday. The Scala was mourning “one of the great musicians of our time,” it said. Pollini, whose repertoire stretched across the major piano works of classical music to contemporary music, had his breakthrough at the age of 18, winning Warsaw’s renowned international Chopin Piano Competition in 1960 which is dedicated to the works of the Polish composer. The head of the jury at the time, piano legend Arthur Rubinstein, praised Pollin…