Concert Program

Igor Strawinsky
Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa

György Ligeti
Ramifications für Streicher

Hovik Sardaryan
The Joy of Blossoming

György Ligeti
- Kammerkonzert für 13 Instrumentalisten
- Poème Symphonique für 100 Metronome
- Sechs Bagatellen für Bläserquintett
- Konzert für Klavier und Orchester


On 28 May, György Ligeti would have celebrated his 100th birthday. The Karajan Academy and Susann 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.