Gyorgy Ligeti was active is considered by musicologists to be a Post-1945 Modernist composer of the Western European classical tradition
M. Lobanova has written: 'Gyorgy Ligeti'
RACHEL BECKLES WILLSON has written: 'GYORGY KURTAG: THE SAYINGS OF PETER BORNEMISZA OP. 7; A 'CONCERTO' FOR SOPRANO AND PIANO' 'LIGETI, KURTAG, AND HUNGARIAN MUSIC DURING THE COLD WAR'
Gyorgy Ligeti's characterization of West Berlin as a "concentration camp" in the 1960s was ironic because the city was actually at the forefront of cultural and artistic vibrancy, with a thriving avant-garde scene. His comment reflected his own feelings of isolation and artistic confinement at the time, rather than an accurate portrayal of the city itself.
András Ligeti was born in 1953.
Lukas Ligeti was born on June 13, 1965.
Lukas Ligeti was born on June 13, 1965.
György Ligeti was born on May 28, 1923.
György Ligeti was born on May 28, 1923.
Paul Gyorgy was born in 1893.
Paul Gyorgy died in 1976.
György Ligeti died on June 12, 2006 at the age of 83.
Juliska Ligeti died on June 25, 1945, in Budapest, Hungary.