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Ligeti

[ lig-i-tee ]

noun

  1. Györ·gy Sán·dor [jawr, -jee , shahn, -dawr, dyawr, -], 1923–2006, Austrian composer, born in Hungary.


Ligeti

/ ˈɡɛپ /

noun

  1. LigetiҲö19232006MHungarianMUSIC: composer Ҳö (djørdj). 1923–2006, Hungarian composer, resident in Vienna. His works, noted for their experimentalism, include Atmospheres (1961) for orchestra, Volumina (1962) for organ, and a requiem mass (1965)
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A few of Ҳö Ligeti’s startlingly strange solo piano numbers from “Musica Ricercata” showed up.

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The crisp acoustic of the recently renovated hall enhanced Ligeti’s rhythmic vivacity.

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On Thursday, the conductor Susanna Mälkki led the New York Philharmonic at David Geffen Hall in an unusually cohesive program built around the bizarro sound world of Ligeti’s Piano Concerto.

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Written in the 1980s, the piece draws its lifeblood from Ligeti’s remarkable rhythmic sense.

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If you are going to salute the composer Gyorgy Ligeti, you might as well ask one of his most dedicated and perceptive collaborators to lend a hand.

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