Work: String Quartet no. 1 "Metamorphoses nocturnes"

The Ligeti Quartet’s new album of music by Anna Meredith features at their launch event at The Leadmill, Sheffield, but a performance of Ligeti’s First String Quartet steals the limelight.

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Quatuor Van Kuijk captures enigmatic Ligeti in Liverpool

Leighton Jones, 13 Jan

The classical masterpieces of Haydn and Schubert miss the spot, but Ligeti and Poulenc enthral in the splendid setting of the Concert Room, St George’s Hall, Liverpool.

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Sunlight, sinews and mischief from the Aurora

Benjamin Poore, 10 Feb

The Aurora Orchestra's principals and pianist Shai Wosner present a programme of chamber works that balance light and dark hues.

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

On demand from Budapest Music Center: Concert hall, No time limit

Ligeti, Beethoven

Chaos String Quartet; András Keller

With pipes, drums and fiddles: a Ligeti playlist

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Lawrence Dunn, 26 May

Born 100 years ago, the music of Hungarian composer György Ligeti is varied and multiplicitous, displaying a voracious curiosity and a multifaceted imagination.