Gyorgy Ligeti

Description: (One of the Most Important Avant-Garde Composers of the 20th Century)

One of prominent figure among the avant-garde and instrumental music composers of 20th century, Gyorgy Sandor Ligeti engraved a respectable place for himself in the realm of music. A victim of world war, Hungarian revolution and soviet regime that followed, his creativity was hampered many a time. Facing some of the harshest realities of life, he even had to spend some of his time in Nazi concentration camp and lost his father and brother as an aftermath of Nazi regime. The insecure political scenario during the soviet regime also resulted in some of his works not seeing the light. However, nothing can stop the outburst of a talent and so, Gyorgy Ligeti became popular with his amazing works. Attaining an Austrian citizenship, his career flourished making him the developer of a music style called ‘micro polyphony’ or ‘sound clusters’. He produced some of his ground-breaking works in the background of a tumult that hit Europe. Even years after his death, his songs are sang and heard in the classical music circles, which is a testimony to his amazing talent.

Overview

Birthday May 28, 1923 (Gemini)
Born In Romania
Alternative names György Sándor Ligeti
Died on June 11, 2006
Spouse/Ex- Brigitte Low (m. 1949–1952), Vera Ligeti (m. 1957–2006)
Parents Dr. Sándor Ligeti
Dr. Ilona Somogyi
Children Lukas Ligeti
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