Hungarian - Composer | May 28, 1923 - June 12, 2006
I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together.
Gyorgy Ligeti
TogetherMusiciansWriteBecause
In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity.
PianoComplexityMuchHigher
Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him.
MeImportantHimSomethingWanted
I don't use old music.
MusicOldOld MusicUse
If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow.
ThinkYouParisComeMoscow
Then, after the war it was impossible to travel, after so many years of Hitler and Stalin.
TravelWarImpossibleYearsMany
First of all I listen to music. I like music.
MusicListenFirstLikeFirst Of All
I like to stay home and listen to recordings.
HomeListenStayLikeRecordings
Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland.
MeBookSaidLondonEnglishOnce
Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him.
GreatMeetHimLikeShould
There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry.
PoetryLiteratureWonderfulLyric
New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock.
New YorkWorldDreamNewJazzRock
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