Concerts, talks and foyer events celebrated Ligeti in his centenary year. With pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard at its heart, it was a day that underlined the composer’s extraordinary music and unique legacy

He was mentored by Ligeti, too shy to meet Beckett, and half of one of the greatest ever musical and romantic partnerships. As his opera arrives at the Proms, the avant garde master gives a rare interview

The Hungarian escaped two murderous regimes, wrote pieces to be played on metronomes and car horns, and depicted inner and outer space to Stanley Kubrick. Now, in his centenary year, the Proms will celebrate Ligeti’s genius

The BBC Symphony Orchestra played superbly in a day-long programme, providing another chance to wonder at the composer’s ingenuity

The Casals Quartet and Tamara Stefanovich shone in the Barbican’s day of concerts saluting the spirit of 20th century Hungary and the music of Bartók, Ligeti and Kurtág

Pierre-Laurent Aimard was joined by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and others for exceptional performances of György Ligeti’s late works

The film director’s masterpiece, which has influenced scientists and artists alike, is 50 years old this month

Ligeti’s 1982 work for violin, horn and piano was played with aplomb, but two Brahms works fared less well

7 May 1974: In a rare interview, Ligeti talks to the Guardian’s Christopher Ford about composition and the use of his music in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

The full range of Ligeti’s brilliance is on display here, with Hideki Nagano the standout soloist

The Dudok Kwartet are lithe, alert and Hungary on this dynamic disc

Kopatchinskaja's style is well suited to Ligeti's sparkling polyrhythms and to Eötvös, but less so to Bartók, writes Andrew Clements