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Composer: Ligeti, György (1923-2006)

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West Cork Chamber Music Festival

St Brendan's Church

Thu 2 Jul at 16:00

Armstrong, Spronk, Goldscheider

Château de Florans: Parc

La Roque d'Anthéron

Wed 22 Jul at 21:00

Ligeti, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, Mompou, Albéniz, Liszt, Schumann

Bruce Liu, Modigliani Quartet

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Tanglewood, Seiji Ozawa Hall

Sun 26 Jul at 10:00

Demiray, Miro Johnson, Ishizaki, Cox, Ligeti, Lutosławski

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Stéphane Degout and Quatuor Diotima © Darius Weinberg | Wigmore Hall

Quatuor Diotima and Stéphane Degout haunt Wigmore Hall

By Christopher Woodley

Chun Wai Chan and Ruby Lister in Edwaard Liang’s Distant Cries © Erin Baiano

Contemporary escapism at New York City Ballet from Wheeldon, Ratmansky, Liang and Lubovitch

By Carla Escoda

Kazuki Yamada conducts the City of Birminghan Symphony Orchestra © Sebastian Madej

Beyond the warhorse: Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie

By Mengguang Huang

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© Yanan Li

Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen

Ligeti, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky

Bancroft, Rana, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez

Haydn 12, Ligeti

von Dohnányi, Prats, Gattet, Orchestre de Paris

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Budapest Music Center: Concert hall

IMS Prussia Cove Masterclasses 2021: András Keller - Chaos String Quartet

Chaos String Quartet, András Keller

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György Kurtág © Baling Hrotko

György Kurtág celebrates 99th birthday

Danny Driver © Kaupo Kikkas

New common ground: Danny Driver comes to Carnegie Hall

By Peter Quantrill

Siena during the Palio © Antonio Cinotti

Siena’s musical gift to the world: the Chigiana International Festival

By Mark Pullinger

Ligeti, György

Ligeti, György

Fact file

Year of birth	1923
Year of death	2006
Nationality	Hungary
Period	Modern

Top works

Concert Românesc Lux aeterna Melodien Trio for horn, violin and piano "Hommage à Brahms"Étude no. 4 "Fanfares"See all...

List of works

3 Pieces for 2 pianos Ballad and Dance for two violins Concert Românesc Le Grand Macabre Lux aeterna Melodien Musica Ricercata Mysteries of the Macabre Requiem Sonata for solo cello Sonata for solo viola Sonata for solo viola: Hora lungă Trio for horn, violin and piano "Hommage à Brahms"Violin Concerto Étude no. 10 "Der Zauberlehrling"Étude no. 4 "Fanfares"Étude no. 5 "Arc-en-ciel"