Solo cello Sonata
Cello: Melinda Miguel Andres
György Ligeti studied at the Budapest Academy, where he began teaching in 1950. His early music followed in the style of Bartók and Kodály, often making use of folk songs. In 1956, as a result of the unrest that would lead to the Soviet invasion of Hungary, Ligeti fled to Vienna, and eventually settled in Hamburg. He worked in the electronic music studio at Cologne, and taught at the Darmstadt summer institute. He was a central figure in the European avant-garde, and began to develop his own individual approach to composition.
Gyo¨rgi LIGETI (28 May 1923) The day of my birthday!
