库尔塔的生平介绍 (Kurtág, György)
Kurtág, György (19 Feb. 1926, Lugoj, Romania)
He studied composition with Veress and Farkas and piano with Kadosa at the Budapest Academy of Music, receiving his diploma in 1953. He went to Paris in 1957, where he worked with Milhaud and Messiaen at the Conservatory; in 1967 he was appointed to the faculty of the Budapest Academy of Music, teaching first piano, then chamber music. Kurtág’s early compositions, such as the viola concerto (1954) and various works for chamber ensemble, show the influence of Bartók and Kodály; with the publication of his String Quartet no. 1, Kurtág began using serial techniques and concentration of form reminiscent of Webern. Other works include the concerto for soprano and piano, Bornemisza Péter mondásai [The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza] (1963-68); Kafka Fragments (soprano, violin, 1986); Quasi una fantasia (chamber orchestra, 1988); Samuel Beckett: What is the Word. . . (voices, ensemble, 1991).
--From Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
