György Sándor Ligeti () merupakan seorang komposer yahudi Hungaria yang dilahirkan di Rumania siapa yang baru-baru ini cocok kepada warga negara Austria. Banyak hasil karya ini menjadi yang terkenal di bundaran musik klasik, tetapi di antara publik umum, dia menjadi yang terkenal untuk opera Le Grand Macabre dan beragam artikel yang terkemuka di film Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, dan Eyes Wide Shut.

Dia dilahirkan di Rumania sampai kematiannya di Austria pada 12 Juni 2006.

Karya

Opera 

 Le Grand Macabre (1975-77, second version 1996)

Orchestral 

 Concert românesc (1951)
 Apparitions (1958-59)
 Atmosphères (1961)
 Lontano (1967)
 Ramifications, for string orchestra or 12 solo strings (1968-69)
 Chamber Concerto, for 13 instrumentalists (1969-70)
 Melodien (1971)
 San Francisco Polyphony (1973-74)

Concertante 

 Cello Concerto (1966)
 Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra (1972)
 Piano Concerto (1985-88)
 Violin Concerto (1992)
 Hamburg Concerto, for Horn and Chamber Orchestra with 4 Obligato Natural Horns (1998-99, revised 2003)

Vocal/Choral 

 Idegen foldon, Betlehemi kiralyok, Bujdoso, Husvet, Magany, Magos kosziklanak, (1946)
 Three Weores Songs, voice and piano (1946-7)
 Lokodalmas (1950)
 Hortobagy (1951)
 Haj, ifjusag (1952)
 Five Arany Songs,voice and piano (1952)
 Inaktelki notak, Papaine (1953)
 Matraszentimrei dalok, Ejszaka (Night), Reggel (Morning) (1955)
 Aventures (1962)
 Nouvelles Aventures (1962-65)
 Requiem, for Soprano and Mezzo Soprano solo, mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1963-65)
 Lux Aeterna, for 16 solo voices (1966)
 Clocks and Clouds, for 12 female voices (1973)
 Nonsense madrigals, for 6 male voices (1988-1993)
 Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles) (2000)

Chamber/Instrumental 

 Sonate, for solo cello (1948/1953)
 Andante and Allegro, for string quartet (1950)
 Baladă şi joc (Ballad and Dance), for two violins (1950)
 Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953)
 String Quartet No. 1 Métamorphoses nocturnes (1953-54)
 String Quartet No. 2 (1968)
 Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968)
 Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (1982)
 Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg, for violin and cello (1982)
 Sonata for Solo Viola (1991-94)

Keyboard

Piano 

 Induló (March), four-hands (1942)
 Polifón etüd (Polyphonic Étude), four-hands (1943)
 Allegro, four-hands (1943)
 Capriccio nº 1 & nº 2 (1947)
 Invention (1948)
 Három lakodalmi tánc (Three Wedding Dances), four-hands (1950)
 Sonatina, four-hands (1950)
 Musica ricercata (1951-1953)
 Trois Bagatelles (1961)
 Three Pieces for Two Pianos (1976)
 Études pour piano, Book 1, six etudes (1985)
 Études pour piano, Book 2, eight etudes (1988-94)
 Études pour piano, Book 3, four etudes (1995-2001)

Organ 

 Ricercare - Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi (1951)
 Volumina (1961-62, revised 1966)
 Two Studies for Organ (1967, 1969)

Harpsichord 

 Continuum (1968)
 Passacaglia ungherese (1978)
 Hungarian Rock (Chaconne) (1978)

Electronic 

 Glissandi, electronic music (1957)
 Artikulation, electronic music (1958)

Miscellaneous 

 Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomes (1962)

Penghargaan 

 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition (Etudes for Piano) (1986)
 Sonning Award (1990; Denmark)
 Penghargaan Schock for Musical Arts (1995)
 Penghargaan Wolf (1996)
 Penghargaan Kyoto (2001)
 [[Penghargaan Kossuth (2003)
 Polar Music Prize (2004)

Pranala luar

Obituaries and remembrances 

 The BBC obituary 
 Obituary for György Ligeti , Plaistow, Stephen. The Guardian, Wednesday June 14, 2006, Retrieved June 14, 2006.

Listening 

 Recording  Horn Trio: Andantino con tenerezza - Helen Kim, violin; Robert Patterson, horn; Adam Bowles, piano Luna Nova New Music Ensemble 
 Recording  Horn Trio: Vivacissimo molto ritmico - Helen Kim, violin; Robert Patterson, horn; Adam Bowles, piano Luna Nova New Music Ensemble 
 Recording  Horn Trio: Alla Marcia - Helen Kim, violin; Robert Patterson, horn; Adam Bowles, piano Luna Nova New Music Ensemble 
 Recording  Horn Trio: Lamento Adagio - Helen Kim, violin; Robert Patterson, horn; Adam Bowles, piano Luna Nova New Music Ensemble

Other links 

 www.gyoergy-ligeti.de: Official Site  with non-proprietary audio files
 SonyClassical.com: Gyorgy Ligeti  contains broken images and links
 Braunarts.com: Ligeti  requires proprietary Shockwave software and is broken
 EssentialsofMusic.com: Gyorgy Ligeti  requires proprietary realmedia player
 György Ligeti's 'Aventures' 
 CompositionToday - Ligeti article and review of works 
 Biographical obituary on Ligeti's life and work  from NewYorkNightTrain.com
 György Ligeti Tribute  - Free online tribute compilation with submissions from renowned and obscure electronic artists

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