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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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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
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Ligeti: Complete String Quartets
2023
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