György Ligeti
Nationality: Hungarian
Born: 1923-2006
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Quotes:
"In my music one finds neither that which one might call 'scientific' nor the 'mathematical.' But rather a unification of construction with poetic, emotional imagination." -György Ligeti
Born: 1923-2006
Education/Training:
studied composition at the conservatory in Cluj, and at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest
Best Known For:
being a master of color and stillness; being one of the most important avant-garde compsers of the 20th century
Notable Compositions:
Clocks and Clouds, Apparitions, Lontano and his opera Le Grand Macabre; Requiem, Atmosphères and Lux Aeterna earned popularity through their use in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey; his music is also heard in films The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut and Shutter Island
Assignments:
teaching faculty at Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest after 1949; while in Cologne worked in the Cologne Electronic Music Studio with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Gottfried Michael Koenig and was inspired by the sounds he heard there; in 1973 became professor of composition at the Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater
Curious Facts:
in 1944, sent to a forced labor brigade while his brother was sent to Mauthausen concentration camp and his parents to Auschwitz; emigrated to Vienna after the Hungarian revolution and became an Austrian citizen in 1968
Quotes:
"In my music one finds neither that which one might call 'scientific' nor the 'mathematical.' But rather a unification of construction with poetic, emotional imagination." -György Ligeti
REPERTOIRE: Clocks and Clouds
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
| LA Phil: Debussy & Ligeti | Feb 18, 1993 |
| LA Phil: Debussy & Ligeti | Feb 19, 1993 |
| LA Phil: Debussy & Ligeti | Feb 21, 1993 |
| LA Phil: Festival of Choral Masterworks | Jul 6, 1979 |
| LA Phil: Ligeti | Apr 9, 2009 |
| LA Phil: Ligeti | Apr 10, 2009 |
| LA Phil: Ligeti | Apr 11, 2009 |
REPERTOIRE: Lux Aeterna
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
| Sonic Masterworks | Jun 5, 2016 |
REPERTOIRE: Lux Aeterna
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
| Cantos Sagrados | Nov 17, 2001 |
REPERTOIRE: Requiem
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
| LA Phil: Beethoven/Ligeti | May 11, 2006 |
REPERTOIRE: Requiem
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
| LA Phil: Beethoven/Ligeti | May 13, 2006 |
