Gyorgy Ligeti

Composer

1923-05-28 – 2006-06-12

Gyorgy Ligeti was a Hungarian-Austrian composer associated with 20th-century avant-garde music. His works include Atmospheres, Lux Aeterna, and the piano etudes. His music gained wider recognition through its use in films such as 2001 A Space Odyssey.

Quotes by Gyorgy Ligeti

Then, after the war it was impossible to travel, after so many years of Hitler and Stalin.
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Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect.
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Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland.
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