When does the event take place?

On May 4, 2026, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

Is admission charged?

No, admission is free. Donations are requested.

Where does the regular meeting take place?

In the Capella Hospitalis at Teutoburger Straße 50 in Bielefeld.

Who is organizing the evening?

The organizer is the Cooperativa Neue Musik e.V.

Are there any notes on registrations or reservations?

The website of the Capella Hospitalis currently indicates that there is no requirement for registration or reservation.

What is the content about?

The evening outlines Ligeti's life and presents some of his most famous works in image and sound.

Ligeti between Fear and Humor: A Sound-Powerful Evening in Bielefeld

Name: Fear and Humor - the Master Composer György Ligeti
Start: 2026-05-04T22:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-05T00:00:00+02:00
Location: Capella Hospitalis

György Ligeti in the Capella Hospitalis: An Evening Between Wit, Abyss, and Sound Magic

The Cooperativa Neue Musik invites you to a regular meeting that presents György Ligeti not only as a master of modernity but as a composer full of tension, irony, and intellectual audacity. On May 4, 2026, the Capella Hospitalis in Bielefeld will become the venue for a concentrated musical approach to a work that continues to fascinate to this day.

A Portrait of the Restless

Ligeti is among those composers whose music does not remain in the background. His biography is shaped by the fractures of the 20th century, his art by floating soundscapes, rhythmic sophistication, and a fine sense of the grotesque. The evening outlines Ligeti’s life, which he himself described as crazy, and presents some of his most famous works in image and sound.

New Music with Dramatic Tension

The Cooperativa Neue Musik sees its work as research into space, history, and auditory perception. This shapes this regular meeting: not just a mere presentation of works, but a dramatically sharpened encounter with a composer personality that oscillates between fear and humor, strictness and lightness. For the audience, a stage experience of inner movement arises, supported by a concentrated atmosphere of presentation and musical examples.

Capella Hospitalis as a Resonance Space

The Capella Hospitalis at Teutoburger Straße 50 is itself a place with history. The former chapel building of the Municipal Clinics is now a space for readings, music, and encounters. Especially for a format about Ligeti, this place unfolds a special effect: the intimate architecture, the acoustic proximity, and the calm theater atmosphere sharpen the perception of nuances, pauses, and timbres.

What This Evening Is About

Speaker Jörn Buldmann will guide through a program that shows Ligeti's work in its complexity. Insights into compositional processes, aesthetic breaks, and that fine balance between intellectual precision and playful imagination that makes Ligeti so unique are expected. Those who do not view new music as a mandatory program but as an adventure will find plenty of material for ear and mind.

Conclusion: This evening promises not a pleasing retrospective but a lively approach to one of the most idiosyncratic minds in music history. Those who want to experience Ligeti live in the context of a knowledgeable introduction should mark this date in Bielefeld.