Pieces

• Four Early Piano Pieces: Basso Ostinato (1941)
• Due Capricci (1947)
• Invention (1948)
• Musica ricercata
  Musica ricercata
  Musica ricercata is a set of eleven pieces for piano by György Ligeti. The work was composed from 1951 to 1953, shortly after the composer began lecturing at the Budapest Academy of Music. The work premiered on November 18, 1969 in Sundsvall, Sweden...
  
  (1951–53)
• Chromatische Phantasie (1956)
• Trois Bagatelles (1961)
• Études
  Études (Ligeti)
  The Hungarian composer György Ligeti composed a cycle of 18 Études for solo piano between 1985 and 2001. They are generally seen as one of the major creative achievements of his last decades, and one of the most significant sets of piano studies, combining virtuoso technical problems with...
  
  , Livre 1 (1985)
  • No. 1: Désordre
  • No. 2: Cordes à vide
  • No. 3: Touches bloquées
  • No. 4: Fanfares
  • No. 5: Arc-en-ciel
  • No. 6: Automne à Varsovie
• Études
  Études (Ligeti)
  The Hungarian composer György Ligeti composed a cycle of 18 Études for solo piano between 1985 and 2001. They are generally seen as one of the major creative achievements of his last decades, and one of the most significant sets of piano studies, combining virtuoso technical problems with...
  
  , Livre 2 (1988–93)
  • No. 7: Galamb Borong
  • No. 8: Fém
  • No. 9: Vertige
  • No. 10: Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
  • No. 11: En Suspens
  • No. 12: Entrelacs
  • No. 13: L'escalier du diable
  • No. 14: Columna infinitǎ
  • No. 14A: Coloana fǎrǎ sfârşit
• L'arrache-coeur (1994)
• Études
  Études (Ligeti)
  The Hungarian composer György Ligeti composed a cycle of 18 Études for solo piano between 1985 and 2001. They are generally seen as one of the major creative achievements of his last decades, and one of the most significant sets of piano studies, combining virtuoso technical problems with...
  
  , Livre 3 (1995–2001)
  • No. 15: White on White
  • No. 16: Pour Irina
  • No. 17: À bout de souffle
  • No. 18: Canon