may 28
GYÖRGY LIGETI (May 28, 1923)
May 28 is the birthday of avant-garde Hungarian composer GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923-2006).
""I like to stay home and listen to recordings."
Ligeti's "Lux Aeterna" was used to great effect by Stanley Kubrick in his film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
He "was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music.He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" and 'one of the most innovative and influential among progressive figures of his time.'
Restricted in his musical style by the authorities of Communist Hungary, only when he reached the West in 1956 could Ligeti fully realise his passion for avant-garde music and develop new compositional techniques. After experimenting with electronic music in Cologne, Germany, his breakthrough came with orchestral works such as Atmosphères, for which he used a technique he later dubbed micropolyphony. " (Wikipedia)
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (May 28, 1925)
May 28 is the birthday of German lyric baritone DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (1925-2012),
"The connection between a singer and the audience is a sacred bond."
Fischer-Dieskau "was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music. One of the most famous Lieder (art song) performers of the post-war period, he is best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's Lieder, particularly 'Winterreise' of which his recordings with accompanists Gerald Moore and Jörg Demus are still critically acclaimed half a century after their release." (Wikipedia)