Gyorgy Ligeti
Gyorgy Ligeti
György Sándor Ligetiwas a Hungarian 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"...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth28 May 1923
book london wonderland
Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland
dream new-york rocks
New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock
men emotional
Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man
budapest study refugee-camps
When I was younger I was completely without money - when I was studying in Budapest, when I was a refugee
communist nazi
I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.
thinking paris moscow
But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris.
people use want
But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people.
lyric-poetry literature wonderful
There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry.
piano complexity higher
In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity
home
I like to stay home and listen to recordings.
kind colleagues new-music
I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything.
piano lessons composing
However, I began composing as soon as I started taking piano lessons.
mean home modesty
It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work.
teacher musician very-famous
There was a very famous musician in our family. He was a great violinist, an internationally known teacher. He was Leopold Auer.