Ligeti: Études pour Piano Cathy Krier

• György Ligeti (1923 - 2006): Études pour Piano, Book I:
• 1 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 1, Désordre 02:44
• 2 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 2, Cordes à vide 03:07
• 3 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 3, Touches bloquées 02:14
• 4 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 4, Fanfares 03:23
• 5 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 5, Arc-en-ciel 03:28
• 6 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 6, Automne à Vasovie 05:34
• Études pour Piano, Book II:
• 7 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 7, Galamb Boroong 02:38
• 8 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 8, Fém 02:49
• 9 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 9, Vertige 03:22
• 10 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 10, Der Zauberlehrling 02:28
• 11 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 11, En Suspens 01:59
• 12 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 12, Entrelcs 03:11
• 13 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 13, L'Escalier du diable 05:53
• 14 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 14, Coloana infinită 02:11
• Études pour Piano, Book III:
• 15 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book III: No. 15, White on White 04:13
• 16 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book III: No. 16, Pour Irina 04:02
• 17 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book III: No. 17, À bout de souffle 02:48
• 18 Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book III: No. 18, Canon 01:48
• Total Runtime 57:52

Info for Ligeti: Études pour Piano

György Ligeti composed his 18 Études pour Piano over a period of more than 17 years. His first book of six Études was published in 1985. From the outset, the composer planned to compose a second volume, also comprising six Études. The reference to the piano tradition and the collections of six and twelve études by Chopin, Liszt and Debussy is obvious. The second book, composed between 1988 and 1994, contains eight pieces. His third and final book contains four more, composed between 1995 and 2001. Although Ligeti composed his Études independently of each other, the arrangement within the three books is the result of a selective and well thought-out project: each book forms its own cycle.

Cathy Krier, piano

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Cathy Krier
Born in Luxembourg in 1985, Cathy began taking piano lessons at the Luxembourg Conservatoire at the age of five. In 1999 she was admitted to Professor Pavel Gililov´s masterclass at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne. In 2000 she recorded Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto in G major with the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Carlo Jans. Her first solo recording was released in 2008 and features pieces by Scarlatti, Haydn, Chopin, Dutilleux and Müllenbach.

Cathy Krier is the laureate of a number of prizes and scholarships including the Prix Norbert Stelmes, awarded to her by the Jeunesses Musicales du Luxembourg in 2003 and, in the following year, the IKB International Foundation Prize.

In 2005 Cathy joined Cyprien Katsaris for a four-hand performance at the inauguration of the Luxembourg Philharmonie. In 2006 she played at the Ruhr Piano Festival following an invitation by Professor Robert Levin to join his masterclass. Further stepping stones in Cathy’s training as a professional pianist were an invitation to the Académie musicale de Villecroze and her participation in masterclasses with Dominique Merlet, Homero Francesch and Andrea Lucchesini under whom she undertook further study at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole.

In 2007 Cathy performed at the Luxembourg European Capital of Culture opening ceremony. She also makes regular appearances at the Bourglinster, Echternach International and Musek am Syrdall Festivals in Luxembourg.

Cathy’s concert engagements included performances in the United States (Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington, D.C.) and the Netherlands where she played at Rolduc Abbey in response to an invitation by the Euriade Foundation. She also performed at venues across Austria, Spain, Germany, Latvia, Andorra, Italy, France and Belgium and was subsequently invited to play at the Summerclassics Festival and at Pianoplus Bonn, and to perform recitals at the K20/K21 Museum in Düsseldorf, the Nordrhein Medical Association, the Bagno Concert Gallery, the CAPe Ettelbrück, the Luxembourg House in Berlin and the Grand Théâtre and the Philharmonie in Luxembourg-City. In 2012, Cathy performed at the Liepaja Piano Stars Festival, the Falkenhof in Rheine (D), the Midi-Minimes Fesival in Brussels and the Sint-Peter Festival in Louvain, the Spaziomusica Festival in Cagliari (I), the Philharmonie in Luxembourg and at Schoß Elmau (D) among others. Further, she has been invited to be Artist in Residence at the Biermans-Lapôtre Foundation in Paris. In 2013, more concerts including the Leipziger Klaviersommer and the Mendelssohn-Haus are planned.

In addition to her work as a recitalist, Cathy has performed as a soloist with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Solistes Européens du Luxembourg, the Luxembourg-based chamber orchestras Les Musiciens and L’Estro Armonico, the Liepaja symphony amber sound orchestra and the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra under various conductors including Jack Martin Händler, Bramwell Tovey, Garry Walker, Pierre Cao, Yoon K. Lee and Atvars Laktsigala.

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