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August 15, 2022
Lukas Ligeti in New Zealand
Lukas Ligeti makes his first visit to New Zealand starting with a residency and concert in Wellington and continuing as the South African representative to the International Society for Contemporary Music's World New Music Days in Auckland. See the upcoming concerts page for details.
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June 21, 2022
Two world premieres in June
Two new works for quintet by Lukas Ligeti will be premiered in June: Actaonella, on June 22 by Ensemble Reconsil in Vienna (commissioned by Reconsil and Network for New Music), and Aquifères, on June 24 by Ensemble Hopper in Liège (commissioned by flutist Sofia Gantois).
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November 07, 2021
Two world premieres at the Ars Musica Festival in Brussels
This edition of the Ars Musica Festival in Brussels, Belgium will see two world premieres of commissioned works by Lukas Ligeti: the 5-movement version of the Suite for Burkina Electric and Orchestra, and La parole seule for mezzo-soprano and 6 musicians with a text by François Emmanuel.
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March 26, 2021
New CD out on col legno
On March 26, 2021, the great Austrian label col legno releases "That Which Has Remained... That Which Has Emerged...", a work created during my time as artist-in-residence at the POLIN Museum in Warsaw. I'm very proud of this beautifully packaged CD that contains one of my best works to date.
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February 25, 2021
Composers Now IMPACT
Today at noon (Eastern US time), I will be the guest on Composers Now's IMPACT podcast. Watch it live on their site or later on Youtube (see Upcoming Concerts).
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December 12, 2020
Del Sol Quartet premieres "Cadence of Joy"
In a year of postponements and cancellations, I'm happy to announce that the Del Sol Quartet will premiere my "Cadence of Joy", commissioned as part of their "Joy Project", today in an online concert broadcast from San Francisco, CA. All other premieres will have to wait until 2021 or later...
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June 15, 2020
Most 2020 Events Canceled
Unfortunately, almost all events on my calendar for 2020 have been canceled due to Covid-19. However, the performance of "Pattern Transformation" on Portugal on June 19 is NOT canceled.
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April 21, 2020
New Zealand Dates Canceled
My performance at the ISCM World New Music Days in Auckland, New Zealand, as selected composer representing South Africa, and my residency at the NZ School of Music in Wellington, have sadly been canceled (as has the entire ISCM WNMD festival) due to the CoViD-19 pandemic.
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March 08, 2020
Late-March Italian Dates Canceled
I regret to announce that my concerts and masterclasses/residencies in Italy, scheduled for March 25-29, have been canceled due to the coronavirus situation. I hope to reschedule them as soon as possible.
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March 07, 2020
New Website!
Welcome to this new website, designed by my namesake Lukas Eigler-Harding. The site will remain a work-in-progress, with new areas and media added regularly. Please check in periodically to see what's new!