Nuc at the Barbican Cinema
The Ligeti Quartet perform tracks from their 2023 album Nuc, fusing acoustic and electronic music for string quartet by Mercury-nominated composer Anna Meredith alongside visual projections.
Past events
Badajoz Contemporary Music
The Ligeti Quartet performs the world première of a work by Helga Arias, commissioned by the CNDM (Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical), alongside music by Christian Mason, György Ligeti, and Anna Meredith.
Kings Place: Terry Riley
Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band (arr. Richard Jones)
(1969, arr. 2025)
Terry Riley’s contribution to the string quartet canon is celebrated with a performance of his seminal work, Cadenza on the Night Plain, and a premiere of a new arrangement of Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band (the B-side of Riley’s much-loved 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air). Alongside this, their interpretation of 70 Chords by Terry by one of Riley’s fellow travellers, Pauline Oliveros, whose approach to listening and improvisation revealed radical new ways of communal music-making.
Kettle's Yard: Ligeti and responses
hcmf// Justė Janulytė
Ligeti Quartet present a re-imagining of Justė Janulytė’s 2018 work for four string quartets, titled for a word game of geometric figures. In the original, the groups are placed around the audience, forming a square, whilst the music moves in circular patterns. In this new version, Ligeti Quartet will perform amplified with three pre-recorded layers played back in quadraphonic speaker formation.
hcmf// Wadada Leo Smith
Ligeti Quartet perform two large-scale works by the world-renowned, US-based trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser, Wadada Leo Smith.
Bloomsbury Festival
A master of the traditional Korean Piri, SEAYOOL’s contemporary classical work Suite for Jeju beautifully expresses the poignant narrative and beautiful scenery of of Jeju Island, reinterpreting the diction of traditional instruments while masterfully merging piri and string quartet. SEAYOOL will be joined in this special performance by the Ligeti Quartet to mark this UK premiere.
The Memory Project
Resight
(2023)
This programme explores the kaleidoscopic idea of memory, in collaboration with composers based in the UK and Colombia. This wide-ranging programme explores themes from the history of Colombia, through the changed cultural landscape of Kazimierz – the old Jewish district of Kraków, to sonifications of the epigenetic memory of trees.
Nuc in Edinburgh
Anna Meredith has achieved incredible success straddling multiple musical worlds, never compromising her raw, individual style. This concert features the Ligeti Quartet’s new album Nuc, providing a survey of Meredith’s career to date, heard through her original works for string quartet. New arrangements of Meredith’s music by the Quartet's violist Richard Jones also feature, including from her award-winning electronic and dance albums.
Cover art by Eleanor Meredith and Martin McGrath
Music in the Round - WeCompose
A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.
Music in the Round - WeCompose
A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.
Music in the Round - WeCompose
A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.
Album Launch
Ligeti Quartet
Lotte Betts-Dean mezzo-soprano
James Girling guitar
Music and arrangements by Arthur Keegan
Music in the Round - WeCompose
A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.
Music in the Round - WeCompose
A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.
Music in the Round - WeCompose
A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.
Music in the Round - WeCompose
A culmination concert for schools taking part in Music in the Round’s WeCompose project – a new programme to support schools in developing young people’s creativity and composing skills.
Classical:NEXT
Classical:NEXT presents artists and ensembles from around the world that push the boundaries and extend the horizons of art music.
The Showcase Festival features a live concert series of artists and productions across different formats, providing a unique opportunity to experience a number of performances in a short amount of time.
The Festival is comprised of Daytime and Evening Showcases, Club Showcases and DJs with performances at the Innovation Award ceremony.
Ars Nova Workshop
Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to present the ground–breaking Ligeti Quartet, performing the work of Wadada Leo Smith and Anna Meredith at Solar Myth on Monday, May 6, 2024.
Ligeti @ 100 - New York City
This event is open to the public and free (not ticketed).
More information: https://bangonacan.org/long-play-2024/
Nuc in New York City
Ligeti Quartet play tracks from their new album Nuc, of music by Anna Meredith, at Bang on a Can's Long Play Festival.
Featuring 50+ concerts , Long Play also showcases a dense network of inventive music venues in Brooklyn – with performances at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Roulette, Public Records, BRIC, Murmrr, Irondale Center for the Arts, The Center for Fiction, plus outdoor events and more. A limited number of 3-day Early Bird Festival and Supporter Passes are on sale now!
Nuc in Huddersfield & Student Composer Showcase
19:00 - 19:45: Student compositions with visual accompaniment
19:45 - 20:00: Interval
20:00 - 21:15: Ligeti Quartet plays Anna Meredith
This concert is part of the Cultures of Creative Health programme; in addition to strings, Nuc features the sounds of synths, drum machines, birdsong, an MRI scanner, brass and hums, exploring the sounds we encounter as part of everyday wellbeing practices as well as in medical settings.
Nuc in Peterborough
Anna Meredith has achieved incredible success straddling multiple musical worlds, never compromising her raw, individual style. This concert features the Ligeti Quartet’s new album Nuc, providing a survey of Meredith’s career to date, heard through her original works for string quartet. New arrangements of Meredith’s music by the Quartet's violist Richard Jones also feature, including from her award-winning electronic and dance albums.
Cover art by Eleanor Meredith and Martin McGrath
Nuc in London
Anna Meredith has achieved incredible success straddling multiple musical worlds, never compromising her raw, individual style. This concert features the Ligeti Quartet’s new album Nuc, providing a survey of Meredith’s career to date, heard through her original works for string quartet. New arrangements of Meredith’s music by the Quartet's violist Richard Jones also feature, including from her award-winning electronic and dance albums.
Cover art by Eleanor Meredith and Martin McGrath
Nuc in Portsmouth
Anna Meredith has achieved incredible success straddling multiple musical worlds, never compromising her raw, individual style. This concert features the Ligeti Quartet’s new album Nuc, providing a survey of Meredith’s career to date, heard through her original works for string quartet. New arrangements of Meredith’s music by the Quartet's violist Richard Jones also feature, including from her award-winning electronic and dance albums.
Cover art by Eleanor Meredith and Martin McGrath