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György Ligeti

Hungarian composer1923 to 2006

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Taught13

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a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Yannis Ioannidis
born 1930
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jan Bark
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Marian Borkowski
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Fuzzy
born 1939
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
John Persen
born 1941
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gunnar Ahlberg
born 1942
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado
born 1943
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ari Angervo
born 1944
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Giuseppe Sinopoli
born 1946
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Peter Nelson
born 1951
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ulf Schirmer
born 1959
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Unsuk Chin
born 1961
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Silvia Fómina
born 1962

Education and career2

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1945 to 1951
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
studied
1973 to 1989
Hamburg University of Music and Drama
worked

At a glance

known as: composer, music educator, university teacher, pianist, musician, librettist, illustrator, conductor
awards: Kossuth Prize, 2003, Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 1975, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Theodor W. Adorno Award, 2003, Balzan Prize, 1991, Praemium Imperiale, 1991, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, 1990, Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts, 1995, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, 2004, Berliner Kunstpreis, 1972, Grawemeyer Awards, 1986, Goethe Medal, 1990, Wihuri Sibelius Prize, 2000, City of Vienna Prize for Music, 1993, Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, 2001, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, 1993, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, 1986, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, 1987, Frankfurter Musikpreis, 2005, Pour le Mérite, Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg), 1987, Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg), honorary citizen of Budapest, 1998, Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music, Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition), 2001, Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society, 1991, Maurice Ravel Prize, 1983
member of: European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Romanian Academy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Académie des beaux-arts
notable works: Poème symphonique
Wikipedia: in 56 languages

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Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaGyörgy Ligeti
stated by WikidataWikidataQ154331
stated by WikidataVIAF61732409
stated by WikidataGND118572911
stated by WikidataIdRef02804052X
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121358907

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q154331,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{György Ligeti: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q154331},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). György Ligeti: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q154331