Composer Portrait: György Ligeti
Christopher Taylor, piano

Sun, Nov 6, '05, 3 pm

Venue: Hertz Hall

Price: $32

Presented in collaboration with the Miller Theatre at Columbia University, Cal Performances' Composer Portraits offer the rare opportunity to dive in and immerse yourself in the works of some of the great composers of our time. Each concert focuses on the works of a single composer, performed by soloists and ensembles of international standing.

György Ligeti's (b. 1923) brilliant piano études are arguably the most important addition to the piano repertoire in the last half century. Requiring nearly superhuman stamina from a pianist, they were described recently by the San Francisco Chronicle as "virtuosic showpieces that combine the models of Debussy and Chopin with a range of contemporary references." In recent years, pianist Christopher Taylor has emerged as one of the nation's foremost musicians, equal to the challenge posed by Ligeti's demanding music. He is "one of the most impressive young pianists on the horizon today," says The Washington Post.

Program: Ligeti/Complete Piano Études, Books 1, 2, and extant movements of Book 3

PATRON INFORMATION

Learn More! Program Notes: Program notes are available online, click here. Audio Clips ( Real One Player or Windows Media Player) coda (sixth and last movement of Derek Bermel's Turning)

Education and Community Events:
Sightlines event
Sun, Nov 6, Hertz Hall
Post-performance talk with George Steel of Columbia University and pianist Christopher Taylor

Music & Mathematics: Christopher Taylor in Conversation with Bob Osserman
Sat, Nov 5, 2:00-300 p.m., 125 Morrison Hall
Free and open to the public. Acclaimed pianist Christopher Taylor and mathematician Bob Osserman explore how music and math relate to each other. Taylor, who majored in mathematics, graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1992. The following year he entered the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and became the first American to receive a medal since 1981. He has gone on to become a leading representative of 20th century piano music. The conversation will highlight the theme by demonstrations played on the piano. This free special event will take place in Morrison Hall's Room 125 at the University of California at Berkeley.

This event is the first in a Series on Music & Mathematics. It is co-sponsored by the Archimedes Society of MSRI, Cal Performances and the UC Berkeley Department of Music. For more information, please see: www.msri.org/calendar/index_events.
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