György Kurtág
Born: 19th February 1926, Lugoj, Romania
Nationality: Hungarian
György Kurtág is a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. According to Grove Music Online, with a style that draws on "Bartók, Webern and, to a lesser extent, Stravinsky, his work is characterized by compression in scale and forces, and by a particular immediacy of expression". In 2023 he was described as "one of the last living links to the defining postwar composers of the European avant-garde".
He was an academic teacher of piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1967, later also of chamber music, and taught until 1993.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/György_Kurtág
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Variation[s] 3 from Cédric Tiberghien
19th Jun 2026
Cédric Tiberghien's new album brings his Variation[s] series to a close with creative programming and playing of sensitive probity, including striking Ligeti and a cohesive and stimulating account of the Diabelli Variations.
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Celebrating György Kurtág
19th Feb 2026
On the Hungarian composer's hundredth birthday, artists including Benjamin Appl, Quatuor Arod and Jean-Guihen Queyras share memories of the man and his music.
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Popular Works: Kurtág
- ...Après une lecture de Rimbaud (3)
- A Kis Csáva, for piccolo, guitar & trombone, Op. 15b (4)
- Attila József - Fragments, Op. 20 (3)
- Aus der Ferne III (6)
- Aus der Ferne V (4)
- Aus der Ferne V for string quartet (4)
- Doina (3)
- Doloroso (5)
- Duos (8), Op. 4 (4)
- Eight Duets for Violin and Cimbalom, Op. 4 (5)
- Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 3 (3)
- Grabstein für Stephan Op. 15c (5)
- György Kroó in memoriam (4)
- Hommage a Berényi Ferenc 70 (3)
- Hommage à J.S.B. (4)
- Hommage a Mihaly Andras (12 Microludes for string quartet) (5)
- Hommage à Robert Schumann for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 15d (11)
- Játékok (3)
- Játékok (excerpts) (16)
- Jatekok (Games), Book I (8)
- Jatekok (Games), Book IV (4)
- Jatekok (Games), Book V (4)
- Játékok, Book III (4)
- Kafka-Fragments Op. 24 (6)
- Ligatura - Message to Frances-Marie Op. 31b (4)
- Message - consolation à Christian Sutter. Alio modo (3)
- Messages of the Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17 (6)
- Moments musicaux (6), Op. 44 for string quartet (3)
- Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánsky, Op. 28 (7)
- Pilinszky János: Gérard de Nerval (5)
- Quintet for Winds, Op. 2 (5)
- Requiem for the Beloved, Op. 26 (4)
- S. K. - Remembrance Noise, Op. 12 (3)
- Scenes from a Novel, Op. 19 (5)
- Signs, Games & Messages (14)
- Splinters (4)
- Stele Op. 33 (5)
- String Quartet, Op 1 (5)
- Un brin de bruyère (3)
- What is the word (5)
Recent Best Sellers: Kurtág
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New. Beethoven: Complete Variations For Piano, Vol. 3 | Beethoven - Ligeti - Kurtág
Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th June 2026
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Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir
Netherlands Radio Choir (chorus), Natalia Zagorinskaya (soprano), Gerrie de Vries (mezzo-soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Elliott Simpson (guitar), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Csaba Király (pianino, spoken word) Asko | Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Kurtág: Játékok
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Recording of the Month
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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The Times, Best Classical Albums of 2025
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Lieux retrouvés | Music for cello & piano
Steven Isserlis (cello), with Thomas Adès (piano)
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Building a Library, January 2013, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Disc of the Month
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