Chapter 5 Ligeti Sonata for Solo Cello

Ligeti Sonata for Solo Cello

Modern techniques—dialogue playing, pizzicato, and advanced bowing.
Goals:

• Explore avant-garde textures and rhythm

• Build modern repertoire confidence

Very original and innovative composition (1953), artistically influenced by Bartok's musical mentality. The 1st movement, the Dialogo, renders a dialogue between two persons, using the bow for one, and Pizzicato for the other, and combining a wide variety of techniques. The 2nd movement (Capriccio) is a very demanding and virtuoso.

Professor: Denis Zhdanov
Assistant: Dmitry Silvian.

Masterclass 2