Lukas Ligeti

Lukas Ligeti is a composer, percussionist and electronics South Africa-based performer from Austria.

Ligeti is also an assistant professor at UC Irvine. He is the recipient of the 2010 CalArts Alpert Award in Music and was commissioned by Bang On A Can, Kronos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, American Composers Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, and others. He has performed with John Zorn, Gary Lucas, Marilyn Crispell and others.

Ligeti co-founded the groups Beta Foly and Burkina Electric and has worked with traditional musicians in Egypt, Uganda and Zimbabwe.