Sep
11
György Ligeti - Complete Piano Études
Mon September 11th, 2023
8:00PM
Main Space
Minimum Age: All Ages
Doors Open: 7:00PM
Show Time: 8:00PM
Event Ticket: $20-$25
Day of Show: $25-$30
Piano
Ticketing Policy
Taka Kigawa performs the complete piano etudes by György Ligeti to commemorate his centennial. This unique music comprises one of the most innovative suites of the contemporary piano repertoire, and it has long been a staple of Kigawa’s repertoire.
The New York Times headlined a rave review for his live performance of this dauntingly challenging music: “Taka Kigawa Masters the Conflicting Rhythms of Ligeti Etudes,” while San Francisco Classical Voice bannered: “Ligeti Etudes Ignite Under Taka Kigawa’s Fingers.” And from The Wall Street Journal: “The pianist Taka Kigawa gave an electrifying traversal of all 18 Ligeti Études, a kaleidoscopic set of works that demands the unrelenting energy and precision that are Mr. Kigawa’s specialties.”
This program will certainly be an exciting and memorable one!
Proof of vax is NOT required for this event
Taka Kigawa
Celebrated by The New York Times as a “Phenomenon” and “the extraordinary pianist,” and praised by The New Yorker as “an artist of stature,” Taka Kigawa’s playing sparkles with both clarity and intensity. Buenos Aires’ La Nación called him “a stupendous virtuoso.”
Mr. Kigawa has performed across the United States, Europe, South America and Japan—at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Library of Congress, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Known for a repertoire that spans the Baroque to the avant-garde, he is equally at home in the classics and in adventurous, contemporary music.
Taka Kigawa has collaborated with legendary musicians, including Pierre Boulez, Myung-Whun Chung and Jonathan Nott, and premiered the final solo piano work of jazz icon Yusef Lateef.
Born in Nagano, Japan, Mr. Kigawa now calls New York City home. He is a Steinway Artist.