Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag looks on as he holds his 'Doctor Honoris Causa' he received from the University 'Liszt Ferenc ...

Brooklyn Rider’s exploration of the four elements, miniatures by Kurtag and the Anzû Quartet’s debut recording are among the highlights. Alice Sara Ott’s account of John Field Nocturnes, a tribute to ...

On October 15th, the University of Rochester Press will publish “György Kurtág: Three Interviews and Ligeti Homages”, a tribute to the 83-year-old Hungarian Jewish composer with many charming details ...

Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag will be 95 years young during the American premiere of his first and only opera. “Fin de Partie,” based on Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic play “Endgame,” ...

This story originally appeared in the Boston Globe on Nov. 11, 2007. ST. ANDRE DE CUBZAC, France - A quiet darkness had fallen on this rural town about 15 miles north of Bordeaux, but in a small, ...

The life, times and of course the music of György Kurtág is being celebrated across his native Hungary with the capital Budapest leading a series of events. Festivities began on Thursday with the ...

Music generally eludes accurate verbal descriptions, but rarely as often as in the case of 82-year-old Hungarian Jewish composer György Kurtág. On February 1, Kurtag will perform a recital of his ...

As Hungarian Gyorgy Kurtag, who is widely considered one of the greatest living classical composers, turns 100 on Thursday, he will offer a one-of-a-kind birthday gift to music lovers: a brand-new ...