Ligeti

[lig-i-tee]

noun

1. György Sándor 1923–2006, Austrian composer, born in Hungary.

Ligeti

/ ˈliɡɛti /

noun

1. György (djørdj). 1923–2006, Hungarian composer, resident in Vienna. His works, noted for their experimentalism, include Atmospheres (1961) for orchestra, Volumina (1962) for organ, and a requiem mass (1965)

Example Sentences

Chin herself left Seoul to study with Ligeti in Europe.

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The orchestra has, of course, had a Ligeti festival.

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A few of György Ligeti’s startlingly strange solo piano numbers from “Musica Ricercata” showed up.

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The crisp acoustic of the recently renovated hall enhanced Ligeti’s rhythmic vivacity.

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On Thursday, the conductor Susanna Mälkki led the New York Philharmonic at David Geffen Hall in an unusually cohesive program built around the bizarro sound world of Ligeti’s Piano Concerto.

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