Composer Discusses African Folk Influences

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Published October 20, 2008 at 7:20 AM PDT

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Percussionist Lukas Ligeti talks about the influence of African music on his compositions and about his father, the influential Hungarian composer Gyorgi Ligeti. Tonight, Ligeti will be honored as par

Originally aired on September 28, 2006.

Tom Fudge : The name Ligeti refers to a multi-generational family of daring contemporary composers. The late Hungarian composer Gyorgi Ligeti was known to a mass audience as a result of being used in several Stanley Kubrick films. His son, Lukas Ligeti, is a composer and percussionist who is heavily influenced by African folk music.

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Tonight, the NWEAMO International Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music comes to San Diego. And Lukas Ligeti will pay a tribute to his father with a lecture and a performance. The festival runs through this weekend at San Diego State’s School of Music and Dance.

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Lukas Ligeti , composer and percussionist.