Ligeti obituaries

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  1. [...] Tributes to and remembrances of the dearly departed Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) continue to roll in. Tim Page has penned a lengthy tribute in today’s Washington Post (Gyorgy Ligeti’s Music Was a Constant Surprise, June 13), as have most of the major American and European music dailies, including Mark Swed in the Los Angeles Times, Paul Griffiths in the New York Times, Nicolas Blanmont in La Libre Belgique, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Renaud Machart and Marie-Aude Roux in Le Monde. The bloggers are also weighing in, including Alex Ross, Jeremy Denk, On an Overgrown Path, Daniel Felsenfeld, Tim Rutherford-Johnson. Sequenza 21 have gotten comments at length about the media’s association of Ligeti’s name with the Kubrick film that used some of his music, 2001: A Space Odyssey. At ionarts, Jens Laurson names his choices for the essential Ligeti recordings. Highly recommended, as well, is this free streaming video of a performance of Ligeti’s Poème symphonique for 100 Metronomes. [...]

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