Ligeti festival - tribute to adventurous and idiosyncratic composer

by Thea Derks
30 March 201830 March 2022
8 min read
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Hungarian composer György Ligeti (1923-2006) suffered under several dictatorships; the Nazis killed his father and brother during World War II, and after the War the Communists forced him to write sweet 'folk music'. After the 1956 Hungarian uprising, he fled to Vienna and then to Cologne.

In the West, he unpopularised into an idiosyncratic composer, who soon resisted the dogmas of the avant-garde and took a different path. In this, microtanility, ...

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Thea Derks

Thea Derks studied English and Musicology. In 1996, she completed her studies in musicology cum laude at the University of Amsterdam. She specialises in contemporary music and in 2014 published the critically acclaimed biography 'Reinbert de Leeuw: man or melody'. Four years on, she completed 'An ox on the roof: modern music in vogevlucht', aimed especially at the interested layperson. You buy it here: https://www.boekenbestellen.nl/boek/een-os-op-het-dak/9789012345675 In 2020, the 3rd edition of the Reinbertbio appeared,with 2 additional chapters describing the period 2014-2020. These also appeared separately as Final Chord.View Author posts

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In the West, he unpopularised into an idiosyncratic composer, who soon resisted the dogmas of the avant-garde and took a different path. In this, microtanility, ...

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