On 28 May, György Ligeti would have celebrated his 100th birthday. The Karajan Academy and Susanna Mälkki commemorate the Hungarian composer – with a programme that showcases the creativity and versatility of his oeuvre: from his contemplative Ramifications and the soaring, iridescent Chamber Concerto, to the humorous Six Bagatelles and the witty Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomes and the Piano Concerto, a work full of propulsive dynamism. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, a long-time associate of Ligeti and an expert on his music, is the soloist. There is also the world premiere of a work by Hovik Sardaryan, a student of Wolfgang Rihm.
Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Igor Stravinsky
Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa
György Ligeti
Ramifications for strings
Hovik Sardaryan
The Joy of Blossoming
György Ligeti
Chamber concert for 13 instrumentalists
György Ligeti
Poème symphonique for 100 mechanical metronomes
György Ligeti
Six Bagatelles for wind quintet
György Ligeti
Concerto for piano and orchestra
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano