Ligeti's piano études are some of the most splendid works ever composed for this instrument. Every ambitious player is eventually going to examine these milestones of contemporary music literature. The musical community had to wait for new piano works from the pen of Ligeti for quite a long time; now a new volume has been published: Études pour piano, troisième livre. In the years 1997 to 2001 the magician of sound wrote new études which pose challenges to the pianist that are revealed only at a second glance. XV White on White (1995) XVI Pour Irina (1997) XVII A bout de souffle (1998) XVIII Canon (2001)