- Lukas Ligeti
Lukas Ligeti is a composer and percussionist. His work incorporates elements of
jazz , contemporary classical, and various world musics.Background
Ligeti was born in
Vienna ,Austria . He is of Hungarian ancestry and the son of the noted composerGyörgy Ligeti (1923-2006). He holds a master's degree from theUniversity of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna .He travels frequently to Africa and has performed together with musicians from
Côte d'Ivoire ,Egypt ,Zimbabwe , and several other African nations. His current group, which brings together electronica and Burkinabe popular music, is called Burkina Electric.From 1994 to 1996 he was visiting composer at the "Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics" at
Stanford University . He has lived inNew York City since 1998. He has worked withElliott Sharp , George Lewis, Henry Kaiser, andRoy Nathanson .In 2006 he was visiting professor at the
University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg.He has lived in
New York since 1998 and currently lives in Bushwick,Brooklyn .Works
Compositions have been commissioned by the
London Sinfonietta , theAmadinda Ensemble Budapest, the Icebreaker London, the London Composers' Ensemble, the Synergy Percussion Sydney, theEnsemble Modern ,Kronos Quartet , Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra,Bang on a Can and others.Awards
Ligeti has been the recipient of many awards, including the 1990 "
Vienna promotion award for composers", a 1993 award of the Republic ofAustria and composition fellowships and grants by the Arts Council of Santa Clara County/California and the Austrian state.Discography (selected)
*1997 - Lukas Ligeti & Beta Foly
*2004 - Lukas Ligeti: Mystery System
*2008 - Lukas Ligeti: Afrikan MachineryExternal links and references
* [http://www.lukasligeti.com/ Lukas Ligeti official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/lukasligeti Lukas Ligeti's MySpace page]
* [http://www.mica.at/composerdb/details/Composer/composer22167.asp?cat=composer&letter=l Music Information Centre Austria on Ligeti]
* [http://www.starkland.com/st2010/index.htm surround sound DVD]
* [http://www.myspace.com/burkinaelectric Burkina Electric page]
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