György Ligeti im Spiegel seiner Hamburger Kompositionsklasse through a glass, and darkly, but face to face

Manfred Stahnke
born 1951 in Kiel. Composer and musicologist. Main teacher among others from 1974 in Hamburg György Ligeti. Musicology 1974-79 Constantin Floros.
At the suggestion of Ligeti, he founded the Chaosma Ensemble 1985. Compositions for ensemble modern, SWR Sinfonieorchester etc. Prizes in Bonn, Stuttgart, Hitzacker, Ligetipreis Hamburg 1989. Three chamber operas, including the Internet opera "Orpheus Kristall", Munich Biennale 2002. From 1988 professor HfMT Hamburg. Emeritus since 2017. From then on freelance. Violist in the Hamburg TonArt Ensemble and in the TonArt String Quartet.
Books among others:
Mikrotöne und mehr - Auf György Ligetis Hamburger Pfaden, (ed.) Manfred Stahnke, Bockel, Hamburg 2005.
György Ligeti: A Hybrid World, BoD, Norderstedt 2022
My View on Ligeti, Partch & Compagnons. Collected Essays, Lectures and Interviews, BoD, Norderstedt 2017.