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György Kurtág was born on 19 February 1926, in Lugoj in the Banat region of Eastern Europe, a region assigned to Romania by the Treaty of Trianon in 1920. In 1940 he starts taking lessons in piano from Magda Kardos and in composition from Max Eisikovits at Temesvár (Timisoara, Romania). In 1946 he moves to Budapest and enrols in the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. There he studies composition with Sándor Veress and Ferenc Farkas, piano with Pál Kadosa and chamber music with Leó Weiner.

In 1951 he graduates in piano and chamber music and in 1955 in composition. In 1954 Kurtág is awarded with the Erkel Prize by the Hungarian State (also in 1956 and 1969). Between 1957 and 1958 he studies with Marianne Stein in Paris and attends courses of Darius Milhaud and Olivier Messiaen. From 1960 till 1968 he works as répétiteur of soloists with the Hungarian National Philharmonia.

In 1967 he becomes professor at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, first of piano and then of chamber music. In 1971 he stays one year in West-Berlin as grantee of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD). In 1973 he is awarded the Kossuth Prize by the Hungarian state, in 1984 the Béla Bartók-Ditta Pásztory Prize, and in 1985 the title Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French state. Kurtág's international reputation began to take hold with Messages of the Late Miss R.V. Troussova for soprano and chamber ensemble, which had its premiere in Paris in 1981.In 1986 Kurtág retires from the Academy of Music, however he continues to teach a limited number of classes until 1993.

In 1987 he becomes member of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich and member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin. In 1993 he is rewarded with the Prix de Composition Musicale by the Fondation Prince Pierre the Monaco for his "Grabstein für Stephan" and "Op. 27 No. 2(Double Concerto)". In the same year he is awarded the Herder Prize by the Freiherr-vom-Stein Stiftung, Hamburg and the Premio Feltrinelli by the Accademia dei Lincei, Rome. Also in 1993 he is invited to stay at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin for two years as composer in residence with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In 1994 he receives two other prizes: the Austrian State Award for European Composers and the Denis de Rougemot Prize, bestowed on him by the European Association of Festivals. In 1995 he stays in Vienna for a year, composes and teaches master classes at the Wiener Konzerthaus. In 1996 the Hungarian state awards him with Kossuth Prize for his life achievements. He is invited in the same year by the Sociéte Gaviniés, the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht, the Concertgebouw NV Amsterdam, the Nederlandse Opera, the Schönberg Ensemble, the Asko ensemble, the Orlando Quartet, the Osiris Trio and Reinbert de Leeuw to stay in the Netherlands for two years.

In 1998 he receives the "Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen" by the Austrian Republic, the Music Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Stiftung, and the European Prize for Composition by the "Fördergemeinschaft der Europäischen Wirtschaft" and the "Fondation des Prix Européens". For the second time between 1998-1999 he is invited by the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. In 1999 he is also invited by the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Conservatoire of Paris, the Cité de la Musique, and the Festival d'Automne á Paris to stay in the French capital for two years. In the same year he receives the Order of Merit in Sciences and Arts, Berlin. In 2000 he wins the John Cage prize in New York.

2001 brings him the Foreign Honorary membership of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Hölderlin Prize by the City and the University of Tübingen, Germany. In 2002 the Kurtág couple settles in France, near to Bordeaux.

In February 2006, the 80-years old György Kurtág was celebrated on a five-day birthday festival (Kurtág 80) organized by the Budapest Music Center. The Hungarian State has awarded the Hungarian Republic Order of the Big Cross (civil section) to the composer. He received the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition at Louisville University on April 20, 2006. In June 2010 György Kurtág was awarded with the Zurich Festival Prize, in February 2015 he has won the BBVA Foundation "Frontiers of Knowledge" Award in the Contemporary Music category.

Year	Title	Publisher	Code	Remark
1987	Flowers, Chants, Hymn, Plays and Games for Cimbalom	Hungaroton	SLPX 12755	LP
1990	Musikprotokoll '90	ORF	MP 90 ORF 08
1991	Carter, Elliott: Quintet; Donatoni, Franco: Blow; Kurtág, György: Quintetto; Ligeti, György: Zehn Stücke	Stradivarius	33304
1993	Kurtág György: Dalciklusok (Kurtág, György: Song Cycles)	Sony	SK 53290	Own
1994	Kurtág György - Portraitkonzert - Salzburg, 1993. augusztus 10. (Kurtág, György - Portraitkonzert - Salzburg, 10. 8. 1993.)	Col Legno	WWE 31870	Own 2 CDs
1994	Ligeti / Kurtág / Orbán / Szerványszky	BIS Records	BIS-CD-662
1995	Kurtág György művei (Works by György Kurtág)	Hungaroton	HCD 31290	Own
1995	Kurtág György: Kafka-töredékek, Op. 24 (Kurtág, György: Kafka-Fragments, Op. 24)	Hungaroton	HCD 31135	Own
1995	Kurtág - Robert Schumann: Hommage á R.Sch.	ECM Records	ECM 1508
1996	Kurtág György: Musik für Streichinstrumente	ECM Records	ECM 1598	Own
1996	Kurtág György: Kafka-töredékek, Op. 24 (Kurtág, György:Kafka-Fragments, Op. 24)	Ondine	ODE 868-2	Own
1996	Kurtág György: Grabstein Für Stephan; Stele; Stockhausen: Gruppen	Deutsche Grammophon	4477612	Own
1997	Kurtág György: Játékok (Kurtág, György: Games)	ECM Records	ECM 1619	Own
1998	Mentsük meg a Zeneakadémiát! (Let's Save the Liszt Academy!)	Hungaroton	HCD 31841
1998	Kurtág György: Művek szoprán hangra (Kurtág, György: Works for Soprano)	Hungaroton	HCD 31821	Own
1998	Kurtág György: Hommage á R. Sch. Op.15d; Florentz Jean-Louis: L'Ange du Tamaris, Op. 12; Ligeti György: Trio for horn, violin & piano ("Hommage à Brahms"); Pesson Gerard: Récréations françaises: bagatelles	Arion	68414
1999	Ganz, Bruno: Wenn Wasser wäre	ECM Records	ECM 1723
1999	Kortárs magyar szerzők orgonaművei (Hungarian Contemporary Organ Music)	Hungaroton	HCD 31858
1999	Rückblick Moderne - Orchestermusik im 20. Jahrhundert (Rückblick Moderne - 20th Century Orchestral Musik)	Col Legno	200041	8 CDs
1999	Solos - XX. századi magyar kompozíciók szóló fuvolára (20th C. Hungarian Works for Flute)	Hungaroton	HCD 31785
2000	Marlboro Music Festival - 50th Anniversary Album	Bridge	9108
2000	Ligeti / Kurtág / Veress - Wind Quintets	CPO	999315
2000	Kim Kashkashian - Bartók / Eötvös / Kurtág	ECM Records	ECM 1711
2001	Tihanyi Gellért: Kurtág/Bartók/Faragó/ Stravinsky/Reich	BMC Records	BMC CD 048
2001	Vékony Ildikó: Szálkák (Vékony, Ildikó: Splinters)	BMC Records	BMC CD046
2001	Psy: A cimbalom varázsa (Psy: Charm of the Cimbalom)	Hungaroton	HCD 32015
2002	Bartók Béla: 44 Duos for Two Violins Ligeti György: Ballade und Tanz Kurtág György: Ligatura - Message to Frances-Marie Op. 31b (The Answered Unanswered Question)	ECM Records	ECM 1729
2002	Kurtág, Szőllősy, Sáry, Serei, Sári, Gyöngyössy	BMC Records	BMC CD 074
2002	Musik der Zeit 1951-2001	Wolke Verlag	ISBN 3-923997-98-1	2 CDs
2003	Viola Space - Japan 10th Anniversary	BIS Records	BIS-CD-1379/80	2 CDs
2003	Kurtág György: Signs, Games and Messages	ECM Records	ECM 1730	Own
2004	Piano Four Hands - Two Pianos in the XX Century	Dynamic	439
2004	Music Colors - Hungarian Contemporary Music (1989-2004)	BMC HMIC	BMC PCD 015	Not for sale - only for promotion
2005	a la Carte - szólódarabok gordonkára (a la Carte - Solo Works for Cello)	Hungaroton	HCD 32288
2005	Die Revolution der Klange - Musik im 20. Jahrhundert	Arthaus Musik	102072
2005	La langue maternelle - Mother Tongue - Bartók, Ligeti, Kurtág, Eötvös	L'empreinte Digitale	ED 13211
2005	Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century	Arthaus Musik	102073	DVD
2006	Kurtág György: Játékok (Kurtág, György: Játékok (Games))	BMC Records	BMC CD 123	Own
2007	Kurtág 80	BMC Records	BMC CD 129	Own
2007	Kurtág, György: Játékok; Szálkák; Grabstein für Stephan	Ricordi Oggi	STR 57002 HAL	Own
2008	Kurtág György: Játékok 2. (Kurtág György: Játékok (Games) - Selection 2)	BMC Records	BMC CD 139	Own
2009	Kosmos / Crumb - Kurtág - Stockhausen - Bartók - Eötvös	NEOS	NEOS 20802
2009	Harpchipelago - Kortárs magyar kompozíciók hárfára (Harpchipelago - Contemporary Hungarian Works for Harp)	Hungaroton	HCD 32630
2010	Ligeti and Kurtág at Carnegie Hall	BMC Records	BMC CD 162	Own
2013	Mariann Marczi: Splinters - 20th Century Hungarian Works for Piano	Odradek Records	ODRCD307
2015	In memoriam Haydée - Játékok, átiratok szóló zongorára és négy kézre (In memoriam Haydée - Games and Transcriptions for piano solo and four hands)	ECM Records	ECM 5508	Own DVD / BluRay Cité de la musique, Paris - Live concert recording
2016	Kurtágék Kurtágtól játszanak (György and Márta Kurtág play Kurtág)	BMC Records	BMC CD 233
2016	Sir Simon Rattle Conducts and Explores Music of the 20th Century	Arthaus Musik	109222	3 Blu-ray Disc
2016	Sir Simon Rattle Conducts and Explores Music of the 20th Century	Arthaus Musik	109237	5 DVDs
2016	Darmstadt Aural Documents - Box 4.: Pianists	NEOS	NEOS 11630	7 CDs
2019	The Masters Collection: Zoltán Kocsis	Hungaroton	HCD 32840-42	3 CDs
2020	Ildikó Szabó: Heritage	Hungaroton	HCD 32813	Includes World Première Recordings
2021	Kurtág György: Bornemisza Péter mondásai (György Kurtág: The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza)	BMC Records	BMC CD 279	Own

Title	Type	Year
Анна Ахматова: Четыре стихотворения, Op. 41 / Four Poems by Anna Akhm	Solo voice(s) with ensemble	2008
... pas à pas ... - nulle part..., Op. 36	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1998
...to the 100-Year-Old...	String orchestra	2002
...concertante... Op. 42	Concerto	2003
...couple égyptien en route vers l´inconnu... - Double	Instrumental solo	2013
...couple égyptien en route vers l´inconnu... - Musée du Louvre [VIe dynastie, vers 2350-2200 av. J.-C.]	Instrumental solo	2013
...c´ astăzi s´a născut... - Márta is 90 years old!	Instrumental solo	2017
...elszunnyadni, - semmi több..., (Three Songs on Poems by Dezső Tandori), op. 50	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	2019
...quasi una fantasia... Op. 27, No. 1	Concerto	1988
...tot ziens Jan... - In memoriam Jan Van Vlijmen	Instrumental solo	2005
13 Pieces for Two Cimbaloms from Játékok (Games)	Chamber Music	1982
14 Fragmente aus Rückblick - Altes und Neues (Hommage à Stockhausen)	Chamber Music	1993
6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 44	Chamber Music	2005
Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova Op. 17 / Messages de feu demoisille R.V. Troussova	Solo voice(s) with ensemble	1980
Songs of Dispair and Sorrow, Op. 18 / Pesni unynija i pechali, Op. 18	Choir and orchestra	1994
Die kleine Klemme, Op.15b / The Little Predicament [aka The Little Fix], Op. 15b	Chamber Music	1978
Arioso - Hommage à Walter Levin 85, in Alban Bergs Manier	Chamber Music	2009
Aus der Ferne III / Voice in the Distance III	Chamber Music	1991
Aus der Ferne V / Voice in the Distance V	Chamber Music	1999
Az hit...	Instrumental solo	1998
Bagatelles Op. 14d	Chamber Music	1981
Die Sprüche des Péter Bornemisza, Op. 7 / The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza, Op. 7	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1968
Brefs Messages, Op. 47	Ensemble	2011
Viola Concerto	Concerto	1954
Farewell - … to my dear friend and closest colleague Andris Wilheim with painful love	Instrumental solo	2022
Chroniques Hongroises / Hungarian Chronicles	Film music	1991
Colindă-Baladă, Op. 46	Solo voice(s), choir & chamber ensemble	2008
Pieces for the Guitar Tutor	Instrumental solo	1976
The memory of Sándor Devich	Instrumental solo	2021
Erinnerung an einen Winterabend Op. 8 / Im Memory of a Winter Sunset Op. 8	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1969
Einige Sätze aus den Sudelbüchern Georg Christoph Lichtenbergs Op. 37a	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1999
Pre-Ludes / Vor-Spiele	Instrumental solo	1974
Péter Esterházy: Fancsikó and Pinta [fragments], Op. 40	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1999
S. K. Remembrance Noise, Op. 12 / S. K. Erinnerungsgerausch, Op. 12	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1975
Fin de partie / Endgame	Opera	2017
Friedrich Hölderlin: An.. (Ein Fragment) Op. 29	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1989
Goldberg Variations	Film music	1992
Grabstein für Stephan Op. 15c	Symphony orchestra	1979
Chor der Girls	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1959
Hamlet	Music for the theater	1963
Sechs Stücke für Posaune und Klavier / Six Pieces for Trombone and Piano	Chamber Music	1978
Herdecker-Eurythmie Op. 14	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1979
Hipartita, Op. 43	Instrumental solo	2004
Hommage à Bartók - □ □ □ - Mártának	Instrumental solo	2008
Hommage à Jacob Obrecht	Chamber Music	2005
Hommage à Mihály András, Op. 13	Chamber Music	1978
Hommage à R. Sch. Op. 15d	Chamber Music	1990
Hommage à Yehuda Elkana 70	Instrumental solo	2004
Hommage á Eötvös Péter 75	Instrumental solo	2019
Hommage-message à Christian Wolff	Chamber Music	2004
Three Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky Op. 11a / 3 Lieder auf Gedichte von János Pilinszky Op. 11a	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1986
Three Old Inscriptions Op. 25 / Drei alte Inschriften Op. 25	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1987
Seven Songs Op. 22 / Sieben Lieder Op. 22	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1982
Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 35	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1997
György Zilc in memoriam	Chamber Music	1975
Irka-firka születésnapra	Chamber Music	1991
Signs, Op. 5	Instrumental solo	1961
Signs, Games and Messages - Two Pieces for Bass Clarinet	Instrumental solo	1985
Signs, Games and Messages - Myriam Marbé in memoriam	Chamber Music	1999
Signs, Games and Messages for Wind Duos - Римма Далош: Любовь на месяц... (Hommage à Tristan) / Rimma Dalos: Lov	Chamber Music	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Wind Duos - Ilona Rozsnyai in memoriam	Chamber Music	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Wind Duos - Versetto [apocryphal organum]	Chamber Music	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for Wind Duos - [... summaia a B. P. mondasinac ...]	Chamber Music	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Miscellaneous Wind and Mixed settings - Ilona Rozsnyai in memoriam	Chamber Music	1999
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 1 - Op. 5b - Signs I	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 2 - Op. 5b - Signs II	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 3 - Op. 5b - Signs III	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 4 - Hommage à John Cage (Faltering words)	Instrumental solo	1991
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 5 - Hommage à John Cage (for Frances-Marie Uitti)	Instrumental solo	1991
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 6 - Message-consolation à Christian Sutter	Instrumental solo	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 7 - Message-consolation à Christian Sutter (alio modo)	Instrumental solo	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 8 - Az hit...	Instrumental solo	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 9 - Pilinszky János: Gérard de Nerval	Instrumental solo	1984
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 10 - Im Volkston	Instrumental solo	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 11 - In memoriam Ferenc Wilheim (for András)	Instrumental solo	2005
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 12 - Souvenir de Balatonboglár (Birthday greeting to Judit Scherter)	Instrumental solo	2003
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 13 - Thomas Blum in memoriam	Instrumental solo	1992
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 14 - György Aczél in memoriam	Instrumental solo	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 15 - Socrates´ Farewell (Hommage à Job van Eck)	Instrumental solo	2006
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 16 - Schatten / Shadows (for Miklós Perényi)	Instrumental solo	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 17 - Kroó György in memoriam	Instrumental solo	1997
Signs, Games and Messages for violoncello 18 - Árnyak / Shadows (for Miklós Perényi)	Chamber Music	2002
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin - ...angélique... (...eine Rimbaud-Zeitlupe)	Instrumental solo	2004
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin - ...hommage à Irvine 50	Instrumental solo	2003
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin - Alan Marks in memoriam	Instrumental solo	1995
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin - Arioso. For the birth of a new violin	Instrumental solo	2003
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin - Csendes folyóvíznek (Hommage à György Geszler)	Instrumental solo	1989
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin - György Geszler in memoriam	Instrumental solo	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin - Karinthy: Cirkusz ...a magasban (in der Höhe)	Instrumental solo	2008
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin - Karinthy: Cirkusz. Le tour de passe-passe	Instrumental solo	2007
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin - Mesto, lacrimoso (for violin)	Instrumental solo	1992
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin - Molnár Klári emlékezete...	Instrumental solo	2005
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 1 - Hommage à J. S. B.	Instrumental solo	0
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 2 - Perpetuum mobile	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 3 - Plaintive Tune (Vibrato Study) / Klagendes Lied (Vibrato Vorstudie)	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 4 - Zank-Kromatisch	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 5 - Hommage à John Cage (Faltering words)	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 6 - The Carenza Jig	Instrumental solo	1997
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 7 - Im Volkston	Instrumental solo	1994
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 8 - Doloroso	Instrumental solo	1992
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 9 - In memoriam László Mensáros	Instrumental solo	1993
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 10 - Postcard to Anna Keller	Instrumental solo	1993
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 11 - In memoriam Thomas Blum	Instrumental solo	1995
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 12 - Calmo, sognando (Ştefan Romaşcanu in memoriam)	Instrumental solo	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 13 - In Nomine - all´ongherese (Damjanich emlékkő)	Instrumental solo	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 14 - ...für den, der heimlich lauschet... (hommage à Iván Nágel 70)	Instrumental solo	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 15 - ...féerie d´automne...	Instrumental solo	2004
Signs, Games and Messages for Violin 16 - Antifóna Hirominak	Instrumental solo	2003
Signs, Games and Messages for Clarinet - ...ein Brief aus der Ferne an Ursula...	Instrumental solo	2014
Signs, Games and Messages for Clarinet - Calmo, sognando	Instrumental solo	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for Clarinet - Einen Augenblick lang...	Instrumental solo	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Clarinet - Hommage à Elliott Carter	Instrumental solo	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Clarinet - Hommage à J. S. B.	Instrumental solo	1979
Signs, Games and Messages for Clarinet - Perpetuum mobile	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for Contrabass-Clarinet and Pianino - Schatten / Shadows	Chamber Music	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola - ...a csendes elmúláshoz... (Mahler modorában)	Instrumental solo	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola - ...Macool, Macool, orra whyi deed ye diie, Sir Tristram, violer d´amores...	Instrumental solo	1991
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola - ...just a leaf and then leaves...	Instrumental solo	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola - The Mind Will Have its Freedom...	Instrumental solo	1993
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola - Grussan Ulrich Eckhardt 60	Instrumental solo	1994
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola - In memoriam Mrs. Árpád Illés	Instrumental solo	1996
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola - Marlow: Dr. Faustus (Ovidius: Amores I. 13)	Instrumental solo	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola - Misterioso - altero (Version No. 2)	Instrumental solo	1993
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola - Anguished and Consoled for J. H. (Slow bow practice)	Instrumental solo	1994
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola - Weihnachtsgruss an Heini	Instrumental solo	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 1 - Signs I	Instrumental solo	1961
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 2 - Signs II	Instrumental solo	1961
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 3 - Hommage à John Cage (Faltering words)	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 4 - Perpetuum mobile	Instrumental solo	1991
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 5 - Klagendes Lied	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 6 - Zank-Kromatisch	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 7 - Flapping-slapping	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 8 - Im Volkston	Instrumental solo	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 9 - H.J.-song	Instrumental solo	1987
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 10 - The Carenza Jig	Instrumental solo	1997
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 11 - Четыре сплетённых тела... [Četyre spletënnych tela...] (to the exhibition of Sári Gerlóczy)	Instrumental solo	1991
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 12 - In memoriam Aczél György	Instrumental solo	1994
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 13 - Thomas Blum in memoriam	Instrumental solo	1992
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 14 - Doloroso	Instrumental solo	1992
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 15 - Samuel Beckett: Le nain (Hommage à Roland Moser)	Instrumental solo	1994
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 16 - Letter to Vera Ligeti	Instrumental solo	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 17 - Zöld erdőből magyar nóta (for Imre Földes at 60)	Instrumental solo	1994
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 18 - Silent Lines to László Dobszay	Instrumental solo	1995
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 19 - In Nomine - all´ongherese (Damjanich emlékkő)	Instrumental solo	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 20 - Virág - Zsigmondy Dénesnek (...in memoriam Anneliese Nissen-Zsigmondy)	Instrumental solo	1994
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 21 - ...eine Blume für Tabea...	Instrumental solo	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for Viola 22 - György Kroó in memoriam	Instrumental solo	1997
Signs, Games and Messages for double bass 1 - Message-consolation à Christian Sutter	Instrumental solo	1999
Signs, Games and Messages for double bass 2 - Message-consolation à Christian Sutter (alio modo)	Instrumental solo	1999
Signs, Games and Messages for double bass 3 - ...eine Botschaft an Valérie...	Instrumental solo	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for double bass 4 - Schatten / Shadows	Instrumental solo	1999
Signs, Games and Messages for double bass 5 - Schatten / Shadows	Chamber Music	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for viola da gamba - ...gemiti, sospiri... - Hommage au professeur Dr. Joël Dehais	Instrumental solo	2008
Signs, Games and Messages for viola da gamba - ...sospiri, gemiti... (double) - à Joël Dehais	Instrumental solo	2008
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - (summaia a B. P. mondasinac)	Chamber Music	1992
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - ...and never part...	Chamber Music	1986
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - ...c´erano due fiori... - a Francesca Camerana Gentile	Chamber Music	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - The Mind Will Have its Freedom... - H. J. darabja	Chamber Music	0
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - In memoriam Erna Czövek	Chamber Music	1993
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Eine Blume für Tabea...	Chamber Music	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Fantasy on a Csángó Folk Song - In memoriam Ferenc Farkas	Chamber Music	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - I´m a Cloud, the Sun´s Shining Now (Fragment of a Fragment)	Chamber Music	1986
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Gemiti i sospiri	Chamber Music	1991
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Gruss an Elisabeth und Kaspar Weber	Chamber Music	1994
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Hangzatok egymás után - H.-nak és J.-nek	Chamber Music	1993
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - József Attila: A kerten...	Chamber Music	1991
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Ligatura - Hommage à Yehudi Menuhin	Chamber Music	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Ligatura - Yuuko	Chamber Music	2006
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Ligatura Y	Chamber Music	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Rimma Daloš: Ljubov´ na mesjac... (Hommage à Tristan	Chamber Music	1991
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - In memoriam Ilona Rozsnyai	Chamber Music	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - In memoriam György Ránki	Chamber Music	1992
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - A Strictly Personal Letter to the 80-Year-Old	Chamber Music	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Versetto (apocryphal organum)	Chamber Music	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Vie silencieuse - In memoriam Ferenc Sulyok	Chamber Music	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for string duo - Flowers we are... - for Miyako	Chamber Music	2003
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 2 - Hommage à J. S. Bach	Chamber Music	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 3 - Perpetuum mobile	Chamber Music	1995
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 4 - Ligatura Y	Chamber Music	1995
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 5 - Virág - Zsigmondy Dénesnek (...in memoriam Anneliese Nissen-Zsigmondy)	Chamber Music	1994
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 6 - Signs VI	Chamber Music	1995
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 7 - A Very Slow Waltz for Walter Levin	Chamber Music	1995
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 8 - Hommage à Ránki György (Pizzicato-keringő)	Chamber Music	1998
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 9 - Signs II	Chamber Music	2000
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 1 - Virág az ember, Mijakónak	Chamber Music	2001
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 10 - György Kroó in memoriam	Chamber Music	1997
Signs, Games and Messages for string trio 11 - ...féerie d´automne... (für Hiromi, Ken und Stephan)	Chamber Music	2004
Scenes from a Novel Op. 19	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1982
Games I/ 1A - Perpetuum mobile (objet trouvé)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 1B - Prelude and Waltz in C	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 2A - Palm Stroke (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 2A - Palm Stroke (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 2B - Wrong Notes Allowed (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 2B - Wrong Notes Allowed (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 3A - Dot-strumming	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 3A - Flowers We Are, Frail Flowers... (1a)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 3B - ...flowers also the stars...	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 3B - Out and In (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 3B - Flowers We Are, Frail Flowers... (1b)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 4A - Elbows	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 4A - Objet trouvé (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 4B - Hommage à Verdi (sopra: Caro nome che il mio cor)	Chamber Music	1979
Games I/ 5A - Walking	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 5B - C´s Night Song	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 5B - Little Chorale (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 6A - Toddling	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 6B - Staggering (for two hands)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 6B - Staggering (for four hands)	Chamber Music	1979
Games I/ 7A - Bored	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 7B - Hommage à Bartók	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 7B - Rocking	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 8A - Let´s Be Silly (silent palms)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 8B - (detecting chords) - Hommage à Máriássy István	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 8B - Play with Overtones (1) - Hommage à Kocsis Zoltán	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 8B - Sound Eclipse	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 9A - The Bunny and the Fox - Composed by Krisztina Takács, aged 6	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/ 9B - Legato	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/10A - The Stone-frog Crawled Along... - Hommage à Farkas (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/10A - Waltz (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/10B - Fifths (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/10B - Flowers We Are... (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/10B - Hot Cockles	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/11A - (the young boxer´s lighter moments)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/11A - (sleepily)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/11B - Portrait (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/12A - (five little piano pieces 1-3)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/12B - Gallop	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/12B - Three-finger Play	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/13A - (Five little piano pieces 4-5)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/13B - Jerking	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/13B - Boisterous Csárdás	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/14A - Sound and Sound-ball (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/14B - Little Chorale (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/14B - Melancholic Overtones	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/14B - Flowers We Are... (3)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/15A - Sound and Sound-ball (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/15B - Sarabande	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/15B - Out and In (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/16A - (scherzando)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/16A - Fifths and Fourths and Palm Strokes	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/16B - (Hommage à Beethoven)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/16B - Play with Overtones (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/17A - Falling Asleep	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/17A - Scale from One to Eight	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/17B - Knots (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/17B - Flowers We Are... (4a)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/17B - Flowers We Are... (4b)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/18A - Meandering Tune	Chamber Music	1979
Games I/18B - Twittering	Chamber Music	1979
Games I/19A - Dumb-show (Quarrelling 2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/19A - Quarrelling (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/19B - Micro-rondo	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/20A - Hommage à Ligeti	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/20A - Sidling Palms	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/20B - Beating (3 x 3 - 3 tones, 3 rhythm patterns)	Chamber Music	1979
Games I/21 - Hommage à Tchaikovsky	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/22 - Hommage à Eötvös Péter	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/23 - Hommage à Paganini (La nuova campanella)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/24A - Preliminary Exercises to the Hoquetus	Chamber Music	1979
Games I/24B - Hoquetus	Chamber Music	1979
Games I/25A - Perpetuum mobile (objet trouvé)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/25B - ...and once more: Flowers We Are...	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/I - Basic Elements	Instrumental solo	1979
Games I/II-IX - Exercises	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/ 1 - Hommage à Bálint Endre	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/ 2 - Hommage à Jeney (Phone numbers of our loved ones 1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/ 3 - Quarrelling (3)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/ 4 - Hommage à Vidovszky (Phone numbers of our loved ones 2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/ 5 - Quarrelling (4)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/ 6 - Play with Basic Elements (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/ 7 - Shadow-play-Hoquetus	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/ 8 - Hommage à Szunyogh Balázs (sul: "Nem fontos")	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/ 9 - Hommage à Kodály (sul: Mikoron Dávid")	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/10 - To and Fro	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/11 - Sorely (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/12 - (jerking 2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/13 - (slip-´n-stop)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/14 - Play with Overtones (3)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/15 - Five-finger Play	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/16 - Forte-piano Plays	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/17 - Shadow-play (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/18 - (Adoration, adoration, accused desolation)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/19 - Hommage à Papp Laci	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/20 - Hopscotch	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/21 - Waltz (Hommage à Shostakovitch)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/22 - Hommage à Kabalevsky	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/23 - (star-music)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/24 - (angrily)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/25 - Out and In (3)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/26 - Fifths (3)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/27 - Fancifully	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/28 - Sound-filtering	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/29 - Bluebell	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/30 - Scale-play in f-p	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/31 - Consolation (In Remembrance of Magda Szávai)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/32 - (prelude and waltz)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/33 - Jumping Fifths	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/34 - Sorely (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/35 - Devil´s Jump	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/36 - (bunny rabbit in the grass...)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/37 - In memoriam Hermann Alice	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/38 - Waltz (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/39 - Knots (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/40 - Dialogue	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/41 - Antiphony in f sharp	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/42 - Hommage à Kadosa (12 Microludes)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games II/43 - 12 Microludes	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/ 1 - Stop and Go	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/ 2a - Play with Infinity (for two hands)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/ 2b - Play with Infinity (for four hands)	Chamber Music	1979
Games III/ 3 - The Mind Will Have its Freedom...	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/ 4 - (thus it happened...)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/ 5 - (quiet talk with the devil)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/ 6 - (five-finger play - chromatic exercise)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/ 7 - (scherzo)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/ 8 - Dirge (1)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/ 9 - Pen Drawing, Valediction to Erzsébet Schaár	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/10 - Portrait (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/11 - Russian Dance	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/12 - Thistle	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/13 - Elegy for the left hand	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/14 - Tumble-bunny	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/15 - (sorrowful tune)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/16 - Shadow-play III	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/17 - Hommage à Ránki György	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/18 - Hommage à Zenon (Achilles and the tortoise, or overtake your other hand)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/19 - (...and round and round it goes)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/20 - Double notes (Addition to pieces Nos 66 and its appendix, and to 134-135 from Bartók´s Microcosmos)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/21 - Signs in Black	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/22 - Stubborn Knots	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/23 - Hommage à Schubert	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/24 - Hommage à Petrovics	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/25 - Hommage à Farkas Ferenc (2) (Scraps of a colinda melody - faintly recollected)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/26 - Hommage à Ferenc Farkas (3) (evocation of Petrushka)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/27 - Hommage à Farkas Ferenc (4) (Adoration, adoration, accursed desolation...)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/28 - Hommage à Moussorgsky	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/29a - Hommage à Szervánszky (Silence) (for two hands)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/29b - Hommage à Szervánszky (Silence) (for four hands)	Chamber Music	1979
Games III/30 - Dirge (2)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/31 - Hommage à Christian Wolff (Half-asleep)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/32 - Hommage à Domenico Scarlatti	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/33 - Hommage à Borsody László (Harmonica)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/34 - Hommage à Varèse	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/35 - Stubbunny	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/36 - Play with Overtones (4)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/37 - Five-finger Quarrel	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/38 - Portrait (3)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/39 - Hommage à Kurtág Márta	Instrumental solo	1979
Games III/40 - 12 new microludes	Instrumental solo	1979
Games IV/ 1 - Fog-canon	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/ 2 - Furious Chorale	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/ 3 - Hand in Hand (Hommage à Sárközy)	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/ 4 - Bells (Hommage à Stravinsky)	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/ 5 - Hommage à Sáry László (Dot and Spot)	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/ 6 - Hommage à Halmágyi Mihály	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/ 7 - Hommage à Soproni (in memoriam matris carissimae)	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/ 8 - Kyrie	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/ 9 - Prelude and Waltz in F (or F sharp)	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/10 - Study to "Hölderlin" (position exercise)	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/11 - Dirge (2) (for two pianos)	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/12 - Beating	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/13 - Sarabande	Chamber Music	1979
Games IV/14 - Hommage à Paganini (for two pianos)	Chamber Music	1979
Games IX/1 - ...apple blossom...	Instrumental solo	1947
Games IX/10 - Claudia-Litaneien ...	Instrumental solo	2004
Games IX/11 - Consolation sereine / Gentle consolation	Instrumental solo	2006
Games IX/12 - ... feuilles mortes ... / ... fallen leaves ...	Instrumental solo	2004
Games IX/13 - Stèle	Instrumental solo	2004
Games IX/14 - ...une fleur à la mémoire de Simone Verchaly / ... a flower in memory of Simone Verchaly	Instrumental solo	2005
Games IX/15 - To Anne	Instrumental solo	2005
Games IX/16 - To Anne ... [alio modo]	Instrumental solo	2005
Games IX/17 - In memoriam Magdi...	Instrumental solo	2006
Games IX/18 - Pécs, 1952	Instrumental solo	2006
Games IX/19 - Second strictly personal letter to András Szőllősy on his 85th birthday	Instrumental solo	2006
Games IX/2 - 3 HAGE-Stücke / 3 HAGE-pieces	Instrumental solo	1989
Games IX/20 - To András Wilheim	Instrumental solo	2006
Games IX/21 - To Miyako	Instrumental solo	2007
Games IX/22 - Kedves 2d	Instrumental solo	2007
Games IX/23 - Rituale	Instrumental solo	2009
Games IX/24 - Adieu, Haydée (I)	Instrumental solo	2008
Games IX/25 - Adieu, Haydée (II)	Instrumental solo	2006
Games IX/3 - ... eine Wanderung mit Robert Walser / ... a wandering with Robert Walser	Instrumental solo	1997
Games IX/4 - Pièce à chanter et jouer au piano / A piece to be sung and played on the piano	Instrumental solo	1999
Games IX/5 - Quiet dialogue	Instrumental solo	2000
Games IX/6 - Medal	Instrumental solo	2003
Games IX/7 - ... jubilate...	Instrumental solo	2004
Games IX/8 - Hommage à Georg Kröll 70	Instrumental solo	2004
Games IX/9 - Hommage à Jehuda Elkana 70	Instrumental solo	2004
Games V/ 1 - Postface à Kocsis Zoltán	Instrumental solo	1975
Games V/ 2 - Hommage à Kadosa 75	Instrumental solo	1978
Games V/ 3 - Virág a Virág...	Instrumental solo	1979
Games V/ 4 - Greeting - for Imre Hermann´s 90th birthday	Instrumental solo	1979
Games V/ 5 - Kondor Rock (in the manner of the aging Liszt)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games V/ 6 - Aus der Ferne II (Alfred Schlee zum 80. Geburtstag) / Voice in the Distance (for Alfred Schlee´s 80th birthday)	Instrumental solo	1981
Games V/ 7 - La Fille aux cheveux de lin - enragée	Instrumental solo	1979
Games V/ 8 - Double Consolation (for Janka Szendrei and myself)	Instrumental solo	1979
Games V/ 9 - Flowers we are... (in memoriam Árpád Illés)	Instrumental solo	1980
Games V/10 - Les Adieux	Instrumental solo	1979
Games V/11 - Prelude and Chorale	Instrumental solo	1981
Games V/12 - Preface to a Bálint exhibition	Instrumental solo	1981
Games V/13 - A Flower for Gabriella Garzó	Instrumental solo	1981
Games V/14 - Jubilate	Instrumental solo	1981
Games V/15 - The Little Squall (for Zoltán Kocsis)	Instrumental solo	1981
Games V/16 - Bells for Margit Mándy	Instrumental solo	1982
Games V/17 - Bell-fanfare for Sándor Veress	Instrumental solo	1993
Games V/18 - Flowers we are... (from the Sayings of Péter Bornemisza, III. 3.)	Instrumental solo	1982
Games V/19 - Grassblades in memory of Klára Martyn	Instrumental solo	1982
Games V/20 - Like the flowers of the field... (in memoriam Ilona Ligeti)	Instrumental solo	1982
Games V/21 - Farewell to Pál Kadosa	Instrumental solo	1983
Games V/22 - Fanfare to Judit Maros´ wedding	Instrumental solo	1982
Games V/23 - In memoriam György Kósa	Instrumental solo	1984
Games V/24 - The very last conversation with László Dörnyei	Instrumental solo	1982
Games V/25 - Organ and bells in memory of Doctor László Dobszay	Instrumental solo	1983
Games V/26 - In memoriam Erna Czövek	Instrumental solo	1983
Games V/27 - Guillaume Apollinaire: L´Adieu	Instrumental solo	1984
Games V/28 - Flaring up - dying down	Instrumental solo	1984
Games V/29 - Fanfares	Instrumental solo	1984
Games V/30 - An apocryphal hymn (in the style of Alfred Schnittke)	Instrumental solo	1985
Games V/31 - Aus der Ferne II (Hommage à Alfred Schlee 85) / Voice in the Distance II (Hommage à Alfred Schlee 85)	Instrumental solo	1986
Games V/32 - Helyettem kis virág (...lovely greetings to Grete Spinnrad)	Instrumental solo	1987
Games V/33 - Capriccioso - luminoso (for Jenő Szervánszky´s 80th birthday)	Instrumental solo	1986
Games V/34a - Reticent Question	Instrumental solo	1987
Games V/34b - Reticent Question (à Denise Anet)	Instrumental solo	1987
Games V/35b - Waltz	Instrumental solo	1987
Games V/35b - Valse (la sauterelle dévoté)	Instrumental solo	1987
Games V/36 - Enfolding Sounds	Instrumental solo	1987
Games V/37 - Dialog for the 70th birthday of András Mihály (or: how can one answer the same 4 notes with only 3) ("...aber ist das eine Antwort?")	Instrumental solo	1987
Games V/38 - Flower and Thistle to S.W.	Instrumental solo	1989
Games V/39 - Farewell, S.W.	Instrumental solo	1989
Games V/40 - 3 in memoriam	Instrumental solo	1990
Games VI/ 1 - For Dóra Antal´s Birthday (1st version)	Instrumental solo	1990
Games VI/ 3 - Versetto: Temptavit Deus Abraham... (apocryphal organum)	Instrumental solo	1990
Games VI/ 4 - Versetto: Consurrexit Cain adversus fratrem suum...	Instrumental solo	1990
Games VI/ 5 - Versetto: Dixit Dominus ad Noe: finis universe carnis venit...	Instrumental solo	1990
Games VI/ 6 - Sirens of the Deluge (Waiting for Noah)	Instrumental solo	1990
Games VI/ 7 - Apocryphal Hymn (2nd version)	Instrumental solo	1985
Games VI/ 8 - A Flower for Nuria	Instrumental solo	1985
Games VI/ 9 - Päan (für Agathe und Gerhard)	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/10 - Letter to Marianne Teőke	Instrumental solo	1990
Games VI/11 - Monkeying	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/12 - A Hungarian Lesson for Foreigners	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/13 - Basic Elements (1)	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/ 14 - Fundamentals (2)	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/15 - Didarida didadi...	Instrumental solo	1990
Games VI/16 - Phan! Fahr! Zürn!	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/17 - Fel, fel, hangok! (Auber-töne)	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/18 - Day-dreaming...	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/19 - Christmas Greeting for Heini	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/2 - For Dóra Antal´s Birthday (2nd version)	Instrumental solo	1992
Games VI/20 - Whale-waltz	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/21 - Message to András Szőllősy	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/22 - Marina Tsvetayeva: It´s Time (in memoriam Mátyás Triznya)	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/23 - In memoriam Pál Járdányi	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/24 - Do-Mi D´arab	Instrumental solo	1991
Games VI/25 - Les Adieux (in Janáčeks Manier)	Instrumental solo	1992
Games VI/26 - András Hajdú is 60	Instrumental solo	1992
Games VI/27 - Még az édes méz is... (In dark days - for Ferenc Farkas)	Instrumental solo	1992
Games VI/28 - In memoriam Tibor Szeszler	Instrumental solo	1992
Games VI/29 - Birthday elegy for Judit - for the second finger of her left hand (Souvenir de Kuhmo)	Instrumental solo	1992
Games VI/30 - Doina	Instrumental solo	1992
Games VI/31 - A Quiet Farewell to Endre Székely (Three versions)	Instrumental solo	1989
Games VI/32 - To Stefánia Mándy (In memoriam Béla Tábor)	Instrumental solo	1993
Games VI/33 - In memoriam Lajos Vass	Instrumental solo	1992
Games VI/34 - ...waiting for Susan...	Instrumental solo	1992
Games VI/35 - Ligatura x	Instrumental solo	1993
Games VI/36 - Ligatura y	Instrumental solo	1993
Games VI/37 - Lendvai Ernő in memoriam	Instrumental solo	1993
Games VI/38 - One More Word to Ernő Lendvai	Instrumental solo	1993
Games VI/39 - Lines for Zsuzsa Sirokay	Instrumental solo	1993
Games VI/40 - In memoriam Dr. György Nádor	Instrumental solo	1993
Games VI/41 - Face to Face (Demény János in memoriam)	Instrumental solo	1993
Games VI/42 - ...humble regard sur Olivier Messiaen...	Instrumental solo	1993
Games VI/43 - In memoriam András Mihály	Instrumental solo	1993
Games VII/ 1 - Geburtstagsgruss für Kurt Wölfel / For Kurt Wölfel´s birthday	Instrumental solo	1994
Games VII/ 2 - Geburtstagsgruss für Georg Kröll / For Georg Kröll´s birthday	Instrumental solo	1994
Games VII/ 3 - Un brin de bruyère à Witold (in memoriam Witold Lutoslawski)	Instrumental solo	1994
Games VII/ 4 - For Marianne Teöke	Instrumental solo	1995
Games VII/ 5 - Egy igaz ember emlékére (Szunyogh István in memoriam)	Instrumental solo	1995
Games VII/ 6 - ...and once again: Shadowplay	Instrumental solo	1995
Games VII/ 7 - Hommage à Farkas Ferenc 90	Instrumental solo	1995
Games VII/ 8 - Fugitive thoughts about the Alberti bass	Instrumental solo	1995
Games VII/ 9 - Aus der Ferne IV (Hommage à Alfred Schlee 95)	Instrumental solo	1996
Games VII/10 - All´ongherese (Hommage à Gösta Neuwirth 60)	Instrumental solo	1996
Games VII/11 - ...Vi rasveyes vetrï buynï raskaies belï kamushki... (In memoriam Edison Denisov)	Instrumental solo	1996
Games VII/12 - ...aus tiefer Not... - un message à Madeleine Santchi 80	Instrumental solo	1996
Games VII/13 - Studie zur Büchners "Lenz"	Instrumental solo	1997
Games VII/14 - A flower for Márta	Instrumental solo	1997
Games VII/15 - Hymenaios	Instrumental solo	1997
Games VII/16 - Kalandozás a múltban (Ligatura for Ligeti)	Instrumental solo	1997
Games VII/17 - Hommage à Berényi Ferenc 70 - Mikes Kelemen mondja:	Instrumental solo	1997
Games VII/18 - Waltz (2) (Revised version)	Instrumental solo	1998
Games VII/19 - ...de már elfelejtettem... (Hommage à Rozsnyai Mária)	Instrumental solo	1997
Games VII/20 - In memoriam Ilona Rozsnyai	Instrumental solo	1997
Games VII/21 - ...si inca doua cuvinte lui Anatol... (In amintirea lui Anatol Vieru)	Instrumental solo	1998
Games VII/22 - ...eine Blume für Ulrike Schuster...	Instrumental solo	1998
Games VII/23 - Tears	Instrumental solo	1998
Games VII/24 - Hommage à Hanny Brunner-Pohl	Instrumental solo	1998
Games VII/25 - * * * - [Mártáról mesélek anyámnak]	Instrumental solo	1999
Games VII/26 - In memoriam Attila Bozay	Instrumental solo	1999
Games VII/27 - Flowers we are... - for Miyako	Instrumental solo	2000
Games VII/28 - Hommage à Beatrice Stein [für den 1. II. 2000]	Instrumental solo	2000
Games VII/29 - Hommage à Pierre Boulez	Instrumental solo	2000
Games VII/30 - ...emlékek, kicsi ólomkatonák... - Mártának X. 1-re	Instrumental solo	2000
Games VII/31 - Johan van der Keuken in memoriam	Instrumental solo	2001
Games VII/32 - Rodica lui Ionescu - Marta lui Kurtág - 2001 X. 1-re	Instrumental solo	2001
Games VII/33 - Geburtstagsgruss für Nuria [...etwas verspätet...]	Instrumental solo	2002
Games VII/34 - Merran´s Dream (Caliban detecting-rebuilding Mirranda´s dream)	Instrumental solo	1998
Games VIII/ 1 - Flowers we are... - Embracing sounds	Chamber Music	0
Games VIII/ 2 - One more voice from far away	Chamber Music	0
Games VIII/ 3 - Responsorium (Pilinszky: Egy hófehér kar...)	Chamber Music	1984
Games VIII/ 4 - Hommage à J. S. B.	Chamber Music	1987
Games VIII/ 5 - Dirge	Chamber Music	1988
Games VIII/ 6 - Study to Pilinszky´s "Hölderlin" (position exercise)	Chamber Music	1988
Games VIII/ 7 - Beating - Quarreling	Chamber Music	1988
Games VIII/ 8 - A quiet farewell to Endre Székely (for four hands)	Chamber Music	1989
Games VIII/ 9 - Pilinszky János: Waltz - for two pianos	Chamber Music	1987
Games VIII/10 - Faltering - In memoriam Marianne Reismann	Chamber Music	1994
Games VIII/11 - Flowers we are... - for Miyako (for four hands)	Chamber Music	2001
Games VIII/12 - Flowers we are... - for Miyako (alio modo)(for four hands)	Chamber Music	2005
Games VIII/13 - In memoriam György Sebők	Chamber Music	2000
Games VIII/14 - ...tot ziens Jan... (In memoriam Jan van Vlijmen)	Chamber Music	2005
Games VIII/15 - ...a solemn air... - a 70 éves Simon Albert tiszteletére	Chamber Music	1996
Games VIII/16 - Flowers we are... (for piano, upright piano and percussion)	Chamber Music	1995
Games X	Instrumental solo	2011
Games X/1 - Suite	Instrumental solo	1943
Games X/10 - Magdi-memory ... -- alio modo	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/11 - In the memory of Gabi Máriássy	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/12 - *** (to Márta)	Instrumental solo	0
Games X613 - To Janka Szendrei, for her birthday	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/14 - ... per Luciana ...	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/15 - Henri Pousseur in memoriam	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/16 - ... Darling -- two - three ...	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/17 - ... an Dieter Schnebel 80	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/18 - ´Message-esquisse´	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/19 - ´Message-esquisse´ -- alio modo	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/2 - Darling	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/20 - In memoriam László Ferenc	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/21 - Babysitters dancing on the carpet	Instrumental solo	1946
Games X/22 - ... and yet another letter to Péter Eötvös ...	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/23 - The memory of a pure soul -- Klári Schiff in memoriam	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/24 - Hommage a Scarlatti II -- alio modo	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/25 - Valse sentimentale	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/26 - ... a little song for the 4th of July and on Vera´s name ...	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/27 - Petrovics Emil in memoriam	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/28 - ... un pezzo silenzioso ...	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/29 - Dialogue -- Bálint Varga 70	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/3 - Valse de guerre des Kabânaas	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/30 - A window on the corridor ...	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/31 - Impromptu -- all´ongherese	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/32 - ... just so ...	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/33 - A Sketch Leaf [rough -- raw]	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/4 - With love to Barnabás Dukay	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/5 - Sound-filtering [2]	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/6 - Flower	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/7 - ...fly slowly and sing for long, My dying swan, my fair memory! ...	Instrumental solo	1978
Games X/8 - ... tousling and rolling ...	Instrumental solo	0
Games X/9 - ... memories, little tin soldiers ... 3rd version	Instrumental solo	0
Games and Messages for bassoon / contrabassoon - György Kroó in memoriam	Instrumental solo	2000
Games and Messages for bassoon / contrabassoon - János Pilinszky: Gérard de Nerval	Instrumental solo	2000
Games and Messages for bassoon / contrabassoon - Schatten / Shadows	Instrumental solo	2001
Games and Messages for flute / alto flute - ...après une lecture de Rimbaud...	Instrumental solo	2001
Games and Messages for Flute / Alto Flute - ...c´erano due fiori... - a Francesca Camerana Gentile	Chamber Music	1998
Games and Messages for flute / alto flute - Bref message à Pierre Boulez	Instrumental solo	2005
Games and Messages for Flute / Alto Flute - Doloroso	Instrumental solo	1992
Games and Messages for Flute / Alto Flute - Hommage à J. S. B.	Instrumental solo	1976
Games and Messages for Flute / Alto Flute - Jauchzet und frohlocket! - Auf! Schwung!	Instrumental solo	1994
Games and Messages for wind duo - Hommage à Elliott Carter	Chamber Music	2000
Games and Messages for miscellaneous wind and mixed settings - Fanfare to the Dean!	Chamber Music	1999
Games and Messages for miscellaneous wind and mixed settings - Hommage à J. S. B.	Chamber Music	2000
Games and Messages for miscellaneous wind and mixed settings - Rimma Daloš: Ljubov´ na mesjac... (Hommage à Tristan) / Rimma Dalos: Love for the Month (Hommage à Tristan)	Chamber Music	1991
Games and Messages for miscellaneous wind and mixed settings - In memoriam György Ránki	Chamber Music	1992
Games and Messages for miscellaneous wind and mixed settings - Versetto (apocryphal organum)	Chamber Music	2000
Games and Messages for clarinet, bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet - Doloroso	Instrumental solo	2000
Games and Messages for clarinet, bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet - György Kroó in memoriam	Instrumental solo	1997
Games and Messages for clarinet, bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet - Schatten / Shadows	Instrumental solo	2000
Games and Messages for clarinet or bass clarinet or contrabass clarinet - In Nomine - all´ongherese (Damjanich emlékkő)	Instrumental solo	2001
Games and Messages for oboe / English horn - György Kroó in memoriam	Instrumental solo	1997
Games and Messages for oboe / English horn - ...ein Sappho-Fragment... - kai pothêô kai maomai...	Instrumental solo	1999
Games and Messages for oboe / English horn - Az hit...	Instrumental solo	1998
Games and Messages for oboe / English horn - Einen Augenblick lang...	Instrumental solo	1998
Games and Messages for oboe / English horn - Hommage à Elliott Carter	Instrumental solo	1998
Games and Messages for oboe / English horn - In Nomine - all´ongherese (Damjanich emlékkő)	Instrumental solo	2001
Attila József Fragments, Op. 20	Solo voice(s) a cappella	1982
Kafka-Fragmente Op. 24 / Kafka-Fragments Op. 24	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1987
Waltz	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1975
A Little Song for Yehuda	Instrumental solo	2004
Beads	Mixed choir	1950
Korean Cantata	!to be determined	1953
Clinical Picture and Swan-song	Mixed choir	1981
Mémoire de Laïka	Tape music	1990
Ligatura - Message to Frances-Marie (The Answered Unanswered Question) Op. 31b (Version 2) - for two violoncellos, two violins and celesta	Chamber Music	1989
Ligatura - Message to Frances-Marie (The Answered Unanswered Question) Op. 31b (Version 1) - for violoncello with two bows, two violins and celesta	Chamber Music	1989
Ligatura - Message to Frances-Marie (The Answered Unanswered Question) Op. 31b (Version 3) - for two organs and celesta	Chamber Music	1989
Ligatura - Message to Frances-Marie Op. 31b (The Answered Unanswered Question) - két hegedűre	Chamber Music	1989
Ligature e versetti	Instrumental solo	1990
Ligeti´s Century - Roaming in the Past, Op. 48	Orchestral work	2023
MAO - GIGUE	Orchestral work	2024
Mijakó emlékezete	Instrumental solo	2018
In memoriam Gabi Máriássy	Instrumental solo	2008
Márta´s Ligature	Instrumental solo	2020
Eight Duos, Op. 4	Chamber Music	1961
Eight Choruses to Poems by Dezső Tandori, Op. 23	Mixed choir	1982
Acht Klavierstücke, Op. 3 / Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 3	Instrumental solo	1960
Vier Capriccios Op. 9 / Four Capriccios Op. 9	Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra	1971
4 Lieder auf Gedichte von János Pilinszky Op. 11 / Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky Op. 11	Solo voice(s) with ensemble	1975
Four initiums from "Hommage à Jacob Obrecht"	Chamber Music	2005
Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szerványszky, Op. 28	Chamber Music	1989
Omaggio a Luigi Nono, Op. 16	Mixed choir	1979
Op. 27 No. 2 (Double Concerto)	Concerto	1990
Plaintive Pleading / Klagendes Anflehen	Chamber Music	1988
Passio sine nomine	Instrumental solo	2015
Petite musique solennelle - en hommage á Pierre Boulez 90	Symphony orchestra	2015
Quartetto d´archi Op. 1 / String Quartet, Op. 1	Chamber Music	1959
Quintetto per fiati, Op. 2	Chamber Music	1959
Requiem po drugu Op. 26 / Requiem for the Beloved Op. 26	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1986
Requiem der Versöhnung / Requiem of Reconcilation / Requiem de la Réconciliation	Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra	1995
Rottenbiller Street 16-22	Live electronic music	1990
Robert and Robert	Film music	1981
Rückblick - Altes und Neues für vier Spieler (Hommage á Stockhausen)	Chamber Music	1993
Samuel Beckett: What is the word Op. 30b	Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra	1991
Secreta - Funeral music in memoriam László Dobszay	Chamber Music	2011
Samuel Beckett Sends Word through Ildikó Monyók in the Translation of István Siklós (Samel Beckett: what is the word) Op. 30a	Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)	1990
Sinfonia breve per archi - Márta Fried in memoriam	String orchestra	2004
Stele Op. 33	Symphony orchestra	1994
Suite	Chamber Music	1951
Splinters Op. 6d / Splitter Op. 6d	Instrumental solo	1978
Splitter, Op. 6c / Splinters, Op. 6c	Instrumental solo	1973
Tre altri pezzi per clarinetto e cimbalom Op. 38a	Chamber Music	1996
Tre pezzi per clarinetto e cimbalom, Op. 38	Chamber Music	1996
Tre pezzi per violino e pianoforte Op. 14e	Chamber Music	1979
Triptic, Op. 45	Chamber Music	2007
Memories of a River	Film music	1989
Danceshape	Film music	2002
Mouvement pour alto et orchestre / Movement for Viola and Orchestra	Concerto	1954
Utrius	Film music	1993
Varga Bálint Ligatúrája	Chamber Music	2007
The Tempest	Music for the theater	1959
Ildikó Vékony 3rd of October 2009	Instrumental solo	2009
Zwiegespräch	Live electronic music	1999
Transcription - J. S. Bach: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614 (Hommage à Reinbert de Leeuw 60)	Chamber Music	1998
Transcription - J. S. Bach: Dies sind die heiligen zehn Gebot, BWV 635	Chamber Music	0
Transcription - J. S. Bach: Gott, durch Deine Güte, BWV 600	Chamber Music	1998
Transcription - J. S. Bach: Herr Christ, der ein´ge Gottessohn, BWV 601	Chamber Music	0
Transcription - J. S. Bach: Nun komm´ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599	Chamber Music	0
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Girolamo Frescobaldi: Corrente III	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Girolamo Frescobaldi: Corrente IV	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Guillaume de Machaut: Missa	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Guillaume de Machaut: Rondeau - Doulz viaire gracieus	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Heinrich Schütz: Matthaeus Passion (Fragmenta)	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Heinrich Schütz: Die Sieben Worte (Fragmenta)	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Henry Purcell: Examples of Counterpoint and Canon	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Henry Purcell: Fantasia upon One Note	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Henry Purcell: The Queen´s Funeral March and Canzona	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig, BWV 644	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 643	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Allein Gott in der Höh´ sei Ehr, BWV 711	Chamber Music	1985
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Aus tiefer Not schrei´ ich zu dir, BWV 687 - In memoriam Joannis Pilinszky	Chamber Music	1985
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christe, du Lamm Gottes (a), BWV 619	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christe, du Lamm Gottes (b), BWV 619	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 611	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (a), BWV 633	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (b), BWV 633	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618	Chamber Music	1985
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV deest	Chamber Music	1985
Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach - Orlando di Lasso: Qui sequitur me	Chamber Music	1976
Transcriptions from Machaut to J.S. Bach - Johann Sebastian Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 (Actus tragicus) - Sonatina	Chamber Music	1985
Lebenslauf, Op. 32	Chamber Music	1992
New Messages for orchestra Op. 34a	Symphony orchestra	1998
Messages for Orchestra Op. 34	Choir and orchestra	1996