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György Sándor Ligeti (/ˈlɪɡəti/; Hungarian: Ligeti György Sándor, pronounced [ˈliɡɛti ˈɟørɟ ˈʃaːndor]; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" and "one of the most innovative and influential among progressive figures of his time".

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It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work.

Although, Home, Mean, Modesty, Person, Sit

In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity

Complexity, Developed, Piano, Polyphony

I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided.

Decided, Know, Knows, Write, Writing

I only want to give a metaphysic for my music.

Give, Giving, Metaphysic, Music, Want

In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.

1944, Deserted, January, Labor, October

My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter.

Artist, Grandfather, Musician, Decorative, Painter

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 way of neither going back nor continuing the avant-garde. I am in a prison: one wall is the avant-garde, the other wall is the past, and I want to escape.

Continuing, Escaping, Past, Tonality, Wall

People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years.

Years, Long, People, Thought, Petersburg

I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to be a composer, and after that I never changed my mind.

Composer, Math, Mind, Years

For the past ten years I have had no financial problems.

Financial, Financial Problems, Past, Problems, Ten, Years

Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect.

Changes, Respect, Son, Vienna, Wife

But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris.

Budapest, Moscow, Paris, Think, Thinking

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

Communist, Communists, Lived, Nazi, Nazis, Under

I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything.

Colleagues, Everything, Kind, Listen, New Music, Old

I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together.

Musician, Musicians, Together, Write, Writing

Then, after the war it was impossible to travel, after so many years of Hitler and Stalin.

Hitler, Impossible, Travel, War, Years

Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music.

Fractals, Music, Want, Yes

Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man

Emotional, Man, Men, Perhaps, Word

However, I began composing as soon as I started taking piano lessons.

Piano, Lessons, Composing

There was a very famous musician in our family. He was a great violinist, an internationally known teacher. He was Leopold Auer.

Famous, Internationally, Musician, Teacher, Very Famous

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