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György Kurtág (Hungarian: [ˈɟørɟ ˈkurtaːɡ]; born 19 February 1926) is a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. According to Grove Music Online , with a style that draws on " Bartók , Webern and, to a lesser extent, Stravinsky , his work is characterized by compression in scale and forces, and by a particular ...
Compositions by genre. The beginning of the piece "Hommage à Tchaikovsky " from Játékok, parodying the opening of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. Kurtág uses special notation in some of the pieces. In the score above, the large black dots mean "play with both palms laid side by side".
György Kurtág was born in Lugoj in the Banat region, Romania. In 1946, he began his studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he met his wife, Márta, and also György Ligeti, who became a close friend.
György Kurtág is one of the most performed contemporary composers. During is long career, he has been composer-in-residence of orchestras, concert halls, theatres and ensembles including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Dutch National Opera and Ensemble InterContemporain.
Biography. In 1946, he began his studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he met his wife, Márta, and also György Ligeti, who became a close friend. Following the Hungarian uprising in 1956, Kurtág’s time in Paris between 1957 and 1958 was of critical importance for him.
György Kurtág. Well removed from fashions and pigeonholes. But standing in the limelight doesn't come naturally to Kurtág. Beyond the confines of the concert hall, he is among the quieter stars of contemporary music, a master of the art of eloquent silence.
Mar 3, 2023 · György Kurtág was born on February 19, 1926, at Lugos (Lugoj in Romanian) in the Bánát region of Romania. He has been a Hungarian citizen since 1948 and has held dual Hungarian and French citizenship since 2002. Kurtág started playing the piano at age five with lessons from Klára Vojkicza- Peia.
