Name: Ligeti 100
Start: 2023-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Müpa Budapest

Organization

Wagner in Budapest

Conductor

Peter Eötvös

Chorus master

Zoltán Pad

Singer

Soprano

Tetiana Zhuravel

Mezzo-soprano

Szilvia Vörös

Others

Hungarian Radio Choir

Müpa Budapest

Orchestra

Concerto Budapest

Ligeti 100

Budapest

Hungary

Ligeti 100: Concert

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It is my wish that nothing be named after me, but if it must, it should be the 'György Ligeti Dead End'." The artist once expressed this sentiment at the end of an interview after having confessed a few sentences earlier, "I am deeply dissatisfied with myself (…) I am constantly searching, but I can't find my own language and I always do something new." It is thanks to this constant search for a way forward that the composer's œuvre is full of exciting twists and turns. This centenary concert brings to life four stages in Ligeti's journey of discovery: works that have developed lives of their own, three of them orchestral and the fourth an oratorio. Melodien (1971), Clocks and Clouds (1972/73), San Francisco Polyphony (1973/74) and Requiem (1963-65) all represent the part of the composer's output from his years in the West, giving us the opportunity to encounter phenomena such as micropolyphony, the sound cloud, and the "meccanico" character. Tetiana Zhuravel and Szilvia Vörös, the singers joining the Hungarian Radio Choir and Concerto Budapest, are outstanding representatives of the younger generation, and Péter Eötvös was not only a lifelong friend of the older master's, he is also one of the leading experts on his works.

The concert will be preceded from 6.30 pm by a conversation entitled Prologue. For more information, please consult the Müpa Budapest website in the weeks leading up to the concert.

English

Ligeti 100 by Various, Thu 18 May 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor Peter Eötvös, Müpa Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

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