Gyorgy Ligeti at Merkin Concert Hall

The renowned Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti is featured this year at Merkin Concert Hall.
   Jane Chapman, harpsichord
April 10, 2008
$25/30 (Mention “Plectra” and receive $5 off, phone and in-person only)
Jane Chapman will intersperse Bach's Inventions with contemporary pieces for harpsichord by Cage, Takemitsu and Ohana as well as world premieres of Paul Whitty, Robert Keeley and Andrew Poppy. György Ligeti's Hungarian Rock, Continuum and Passacaglia Ungherese will be featured.  http://www.kaufman-center.org/tc/mch0708/ply_041008.php

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Anthony Coleman & Stephen Gosling
May 22, 2008
$25/30 (Mention “Musica” and receive $5 off, phone and in-person only)
In both solo and duo piano formations, Gosling and Coleman will perform György Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata, which takes the folk experiments of Bartók to new heights, and Three Pieces for Two Pianos, closing with Steve Reich’s mesmerizing Piano Phase. http://www.kaufman-center.org/tc/mch0708/ply_052208.php

In addition, Lukas Ligeti, Gyorgy’s son, will also be performing on May 17, 2008:

Lukas Ligeti & Colleen
May 17, 2008
$25/30 (Mention “Gamba” and receive $5 off, phone and in-person only)
Composer and percussionist Lukas Ligeti fuses disparate elements (African polyrhythms, non-tempered tuning, pop melodies) to create an infectious cross-cultural sound. Son of featured composer György Ligeti, he embodies reinvention: he is steeped in the musical traditions of his father, but with an expansive sensibility that makes his contemporary music crackle with energy. He is joined by the mesmerizing French composer and performer Colleen, who conjures a timeless musical world by filtering the minimalist qualities of early music through live electronics and found instruments, including her favored electric viola da gamba. http://www.kaufman-center.org/tc/mch0708/ff_051708.php
  		Malév