CONCERT | LUKAS LIGETI FOCUS
Transcending genre boundaries, Lukas Ligeti has developed his own multifaceted approach to music-making that draws upon the experimentalism of the New York downtown scene, electronic music, and the rich traditions of African music. On the occasion of his 50th birthday, the Austrian Cultural Forum New York presents an unprecedented overview of Lukas Ligeti’s work as a composer. The concert-series opens at the ACFNY, with performances of Lukas Ligeti’s solo and small ensemble works and a performance of Lukas Ligeti’s band, Notebook.
PROGRAM
Tangle (2006/08)
Dust*** (2009)
Play addict (2013)
Lakoni in Kazonnde (2013)
Kaleidoscope Point (2009)
Performers: Thomas Bergeron, trumpet; Candy Chiu, Jennifery Hymer, Ben Reimer, and David Cossin, percussion; Notebook ensembleSolo and small ensemble works, featuring Lukas Ligeti’s band Notebook, Thomas Bergeron & Candy Chiu, Jennifer Hymer. Ben Reimer & David Cossing, and others
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Lukas Ligeti (born 13 June 1965, in Vienna, Austria) is a composer and percussionist. His work incorporates elements of jazz, contemporary classical and various world music. Ligeti is of Hungarian ancestry and is the son of the noted composer György Ligeti (1923–2006). He holds a master’s degree from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna where he studied composition with Erich Urbanner. He travels frequently to Africa and has performed with musicians from Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Zimbabwe and several other African nations. His group, Burkina Electric, brings together electronica and Burkinabe popular music. From 1994 to 1996 he was visiting composer at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University. He has worked with Elliott Sharp, George Lewis, Henry Kaiser and Roy Nathanson. In 2006 he was visiting professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He has lived in New York City since 1998 and resides in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Compositions have been commissioned by the London Sinfonietta, the Amadinda Ensemble Budapest, Icebreaker, the London Composers’ Ensemble, the Synergy Percussion Sydney, the Ensemble Modern, Kronos Quartet, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bang on a Can and others. Ligeti has been the recipient of many awards, including the 1990 Vienna promotion award for composers, a 1993 award of the Republic of Austria and composition fellowships and grants by the Arts Council of Santa Clara County/California and the Austrian state.
Image: Maarit Kytöharju
For more information go to:
http://www.lukasligeti.com
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com
Jennifer Hymer’s appearance is made possible through the support of Goethe Institut New York.