Iannis Xenakis

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Iannis Xenakis (Greek: Ιωάννης Ξενάκης) (May 29, 1922 - February 4, 2001) was Romanian-born Greek modernist composer, musical theoretician, and architect. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential composers of the twentieth century. His music theory book, Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition, is regarded as one of the most important theoretical works of 20th century music.

In 1932 his family returned to Greece, and he was educated on Spetsai and at the Athens Polytechnic, where he studied engineering. In 1947 he arrived in Paris, where he became a member of Le Corbusier’s architectural team, producing his first musical work, Metastasis, only in 1954, based on the design for the surfaces of the Philips pavilion to be built for the Brussels Exposition of 1958. This, with its divided strings and mass effects, had an enormous influence; but in ensuing works he moved on to find mathematical and computer means of handling large numbers of events, drawing on (for example) Gaussian distribution (ST/10, Atrées), Markovian chains (Analogiques) and game theory (Duel, Stratégie). Other interests were in electronic music (Bohor, 1962), ancient Greek drama (used in several settings) and instrumental virtuosity (Herma for piano, 1964; Nomos alpha for cello, 1966).

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capn_bill wrote:
Monday evening

HIS MUSIC IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. Sorry... I did some research & found many works of Xenakis.

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WillOtheWisp666 wrote:
last week

Search google blogs. Or go to Amazon.com

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jimmytheone44 wrote:
September 2009

i get can where?

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Avant_GardeFull wrote:
September 2009

Iannis has the name my (holy) father had before he died - of course now i can see that name in his grave and yes i can Dance ! thanx Iannis Xenakis !

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Ekengren wrote:
September 2009

So good!

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sotgk wrote:
August 2009

lifestyle

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hole666666 wrote:
August 2009

Oh my fucking god. Just started listening to his "chamber works"/////// FUCK. this is some of the best stuff ever. A very underrated genius this guy is....

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sebastiaan_j wrote:
August 2009

26th of september in Utrecht, Holland: http://www.last.fm/event/1161058

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molesteban wrote:
August 2009

its so much easier than that though

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Mind_Plague wrote:
August 2009

You know, listening to old-school avant-garde electronica is like reading a difficult but worthy book: you don't want to begin, but should you begin and concentrate - you become thoroughly absorbed.

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tyler_noreika wrote:
July 2009

Was just listening to Metastasis, and briefly thought I was listening to the a-side of Chaos Is Me.

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BorzumSul wrote:
July 2009

I'm a top listener. Crikey!

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Vidreven wrote:
July 2009

One of my favorite composers.

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Ron242 wrote:
July 2009

Just a reminder to remove it from the library, no need to get all worked up...jeez

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cibolero wrote:
June 2009

mavonbarksfield i think about this a lot actually. webern was in love with schubert, picasso with ingres, it only makes sense that xenakis would be really into the beatles or whatever.

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Mynoreti wrote:
May 2009

xenakis makes me feel anxious.

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nancykitten wrote:
May 2009

MavonBarksfield, you disturb me greatly with your imagination.

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flute_starr wrote:
May 2009

Attention Chicago-area Xenakis fans! ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) is doing a huge Xenakis concert with Steve Schick conducting on June 4 at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Check it out: http://www.iceorg.org/xenakis/ http://www.mcachicago.org/performances/perf_detail.php?id=456 http://www.last.fm/event/1058484 Hope to see you there!

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Cacophonaut wrote:
April 2009

Thedarkestangel: It is not pretentious to respect the complexity of somethng you do not understand, and it is natural to assume, when hearing something so bizzare and chaotic, that it all works according to some rules you have no knowledge of. This is humility, not pretentiousness, and the fact that you think otherwise reveals your lack of the former and abundance of the latter.

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gutzz wrote:
April 2009

2mnima: умри

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