I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose music, and at the most advanced level. I had never studied such things as harmony. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
Now there is no taboo; everything is allowed. But one cannot simply go back to tonality, it’s not the way. We must find a… — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to… — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
There was a very famous musician in our family. He was a great violinist, an internationally known teacher. He was Leopold Auer. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose… — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
