CMF Artist Booklet A5 - 21st December 2016

Ligeti Quartet - String Quartet
“Stylistic overlays fuel Crumb’s
construction, and the Ligeti Quartet’s
feral but structurally disciplined
performance cracked right into its soul”
Philip Clark, The Strad
“A magnificent performance
of Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge,
emphasizing its still cutting-edge,
uncompromising power”
Oxford Times
The Ligeti Quartet is dedicated to performing modern and contemporary
music, commissioning new works, and engaging a diverse audience.
Formed in 2010, they were united by their fascination with the music
of György Ligeti, and have since established a reputation as leading
exponents of new music.
Engagements have taken them throughout the UK and abroad, with
performances including Carnegie Hall (US), The Barbican Centre (UK),
Wigmore Hall (UK), and festivals including the Pablo Casals Festival
(France), Musik 21 Nachwuchsfestival (Germany) and ‘HellHot!’ New
Music Festival (Hong Kong). The quartet were selected for the Young
Artists Programme at St John’s Smith Square 2015-16 and are currently
Ensemble in Residence at the University of Sheffield as well as the first
holders of the University of Cambridge Chamber Music Residency. They
receive regular coaching from the Kronos Quartet.
2016 Artist
The Ligeti Quartet regularly works with artists outside classical music;
and have performed with musicians such as Wadada Leo Smith, Shabaka
Hutchings, Submotion Orchestra, Laura Jurd, Meilyr Jones, You Are Wolf
and have gained a reputation for an innovative approach to new music,
through work with performance artists, video, actors and DJs.
www.citymusicfoundation.org/artists/ligeti-quartet
www.ligetiquartet.com