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Aug 27, 2012 · A guide to György Ligeti's music. A composer who refused to play by the rules – and whose work has infiltrated popular consciousness – Ligeti's music is both richer and darker than what...
György Sándor Ligeti 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 influential among progressive figures of his time".
Jul 3, 2023 · How György Ligeti soundtracked 2001, inspired Radiohead and composed music like ‘a knife through Stalin’s heart’. The Hungarian escaped two murderous regimes, wrote pieces to be played on...
Feb 2, 2016 · Hungarian-born Austrian composer György Ligeti, circa 1975. Photograph: Erich Auerbach/Getty Images. From the Guardian archive Classical music. This article is more than 8 years old. György...
Feb 26, 2020 · György Sándor Ligeti (b. 1923–d. 2006) is arguably the most influential composer of the late 20th century. Over the course of six decades, he produced solo Chamber Works, choral compositions, Fluxus experiments, analog Electronic pieces, orchestral compositions, and works of music theatre.
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.
György Ligeti was born on May 28, 1923, in Dicsöszentmárton (today named Tîrnaveni) in Romania. His parents belonged to the Hungarian-Jewish minority in Transylvania, and they soon moved with him to Cluj (Klausenburg), where he began to receive instruction in composition with Ferenc Parkas in 1941.
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