{"product_id":"14432-kurtag-gyorgy-signed-photograph","title":"Kurtág, György. (b. 1926) Signed Photograph","description":"Color photograph of the Hungarian composer and pianist at the keyboard, \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003esigned at the lower right and dated 2006. In very fine condition. 6 x 4 inches (15 x 11.4 cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eKurtág\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e \"is the only composer to have lived through Hungary's communist regime (1949–89) and still to have achieved international recognition. Drawing on Bartók, Webern and, to a lesser extent, Stravinsky, his work is characterized by compression in scale and forces, and by a particular immediacy of expression.\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eRachel Beckles Willson, New Grove Online.) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eOn the occasion of his 80th birthday in February 2006, the Budapest Music Centre honoured György Kurtág with the celebration of a festival in his hometown. The same year’s editions of Musikfest Berlin, Vienna modern, Holland Festival and Festival d’Automne in Paris dedicated special programmes to György Kurtág. Kurtág often holds master-classes in chamber music, and appears in concerts together with his wife Márta.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093550518431,"sku":"14432","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Kurtag_Gyorgy_SP_14432_001.jpg?v=1722188776","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/14432-kurtag-gyorgy-signed-photograph","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}