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György Sándor Ligeti (/ ˈ l ɪ ɡ ə t i /; Hungarian: [ˈliɡɛti ˈɟørɟ ˈʃaːndor]; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" and "one of the most innovative and ...
May 24, 2024 · avant-garde. György Ligeti (born May 28, 1923, Diciosânmartin [now Tîrnăveni], Transylvania, Romania—died June 12, 2006, Vienna, Austria) was a leading composer of the branch of avant-garde music concerned principally with shifting masses of sound and tone colours. Ligeti, the great-nephew of violinist Leopold Auer, studied and taught ...
Jun 2, 2016 · I want to escape." —György Ligeti. «While many music lovers continue to label contemporary music composition as inaccessible, the work of Hungarian composer György Ligeti has found a permanent place in the canon of Western music.
Sep 4, 2022 · 359. 11K views 1 year ago. György Ligeti composed this work for the 60th anniversary of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. From a compositional aspect, San Francisco Polyphony stands at the...
Jun 13, 2006 · Gyorgy Ligeti, the Central European composer whose music was among the most innovative of the last half of the 20th century — sometimes eerie, sometimes humorous usually fantastical and always...
Sep 15, 2022 · En direct de la Philharmonie de Paris le Mercredi 14 septembre 2022Orchestre de Paris / Accentus / Esa-Pekka Salonen
The Hungarian composer György Ligeti composed a cycle of 18 études for solo piano between 1985 and 2001.