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György Ligeti
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". Born in Romania, he lived in the Hungarian People's Republic before emigrating to Austria in 1956. He became an Austrian citizen in 1968. In 1973 he became professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, where he worked until retiring in 1989. His students included Hans Abrahamsen, Unsuk Chin and Michael Daugherty. He died in Vienna in 2006. Restricted in his musical style by the authorities of Communist Hungary, only when he reached the West in 1956 could Ligeti fully realise his passion for avant-garde music and develop new compositional techniques. After experimenting with electronic music in Cologne, Germany, his breakthrough came with orchestral works such as Atmosphères, for which he used a technique he later dubbed micropolyphony. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/György_Ligeti) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Glissandi (1957)
Florian Bogner, Carlos Hidalgo, Germán Toro Pérez, Györgi Ligeti, and Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology
Albums See All
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Ligeti: Violin Concerto - Concert Românesc - Piano Concerto 2025
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Boulez A-Z: Debussy - Liszt 2025
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Ligeti: Melodien; Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra; Chamber Concerto for thirteen instrumentalists 2025
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Ligeti, Françaix, Hindemith: 20th Century Music for Wind Quintet 2024
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Project Hungarica, Vol. 2 2024
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Ligeti 2024
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Haydn, Ligeti & Mendelssohn: String Quartets 2024
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Windspiel 2024
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Responses to Ligeti 2024
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Reflection 2024
Singles & EPs See All
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Mysteries of the Macabre Single • 2025
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Ligeti: Musica Ricercata: VIII. Allegro energico Single • 2024
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Ligeti: Sonata per Violoncello solo Single • 2023
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Musica Ricercata No. 11: Omaggio a Frescobaldi Single • 2021
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Ligeti: Volumina (Pt. 1) Single • 2018
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Ligeti, Medtner & Bartók: Piano Works EP • 2017
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Ligeti: Sonata for Cello Solo Single • 2011
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Ligeti: Apparitions & Atmospheres Single • 2010
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Focus EP • 2024
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György Ligeti: Three Études (Live) EP • 2023
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