Birth Name:

Iannis Xenakis

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, May 29, 1922

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Braila, Brăila, Romania

Age:

101

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

7°

Gem

15'

About Iannis Xenakis

Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; Greek: Γιάννης "Ιάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, pronounced [ˈʝanis kseˈnacis]; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde composer, music theorist, architect, performance director and engineer. After 1947, he fled Greece, becoming a naturalised citizen of France eighteen years later. Xenakis pioneered the use of mathematical models in music such as applications of set theory, stochastic processes and game theory and was also an important influence on the development of electronic and computer music. He integrated music with architecture, designing music for pre-existing spaces, and designing spaces to be integrated with specific music compositions and performances.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• xenakis.musicportal.gr from the Institute for Research on Music and Acoustics, Athens (Greece) – in Greek and English with many score and audio examples

• Iannis-Xenakis.org by the Friends of Xenakis

• Medieval.org: Modern Music: Xenakis

• Luque, Sergio. 2009. "The Stochastic Synthesis of Iannis Xenakis." Leonardo Music Journal (19): 77–84

• Works catalogue 70-page PDF from Xenakis's publisher Éditions Durand-Salabert-Eschig

• Iannis Xenakis @ Boosey & Hawkes Publisher

• Iannis Xenakis: the aesthetics of his early works by Markos Zografos

• Iannis Xenakis Bibliography and Discography compiled by James Harley for Leonardo/ISAST

• Two articles by Grant Chu Covell (2006) documenting then-recent Xenakis recordings and books about Xenakis: Part 1 and Part 2

• "Iannis Xenakis biography" (in French). IRCAM.

• Excerpts from sound archives of Xenakis's works.

• Interview with Iannis Xenakis, 25 March 1997

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Iannis Xenakis

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Iannis Xenakis: Sun 7 Gemini, Moon 10 Cancer, Mercury 28 Gemini, Venus 4 Cancer, Mars 22 Sagittarius, Jupiter 9 Libra, Saturn 0 Libra, Uranus 13 Pisces, Neptune 13 Leo, Pluto 8 Cancer, Mercury Square Saturn, Sun Trine Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Semi Sextile Pluto, Mercury Semi Square Neptune, Venus Square Jupiter, Venus Square Saturn, Venus Conjunct Pluto, Jupiter Square Pluto, Saturn Semi Square Neptune, Uranus Quincunx Neptune, Uranus Trine Pluto

Categories related to Iannis Xenakis: 20th-century classical composers, May 29 births, 2001 deaths, Kyoto laureates in Arts and Philosophy, Experimental composers, National Technical University of Athens alumni, Professors of Gresham College, Greek atheists, Electroacoustic music composers, 20th-century French male musicians, Nonesuch Records artists, French classical composers, French male classical composers, Musicians with physical disabilities, Jacobs School of Music faculty, Microtonal composers, Greek emigrants to France, 1922 births, Members of the Académie des beaux-arts, Pupils of Darius Milhaud, French people with disabilities, Romanian people of Greek descent, People from Brăila, Greek classical composers, Greek architects, AC with 29 elements, Greek Peoples Liberation Army personnel, Exiles of the Greek Civil War, Greek expatriates in Romania, Greek people with disabilities

Photo attribution: The Friends of Xenakis (permission link), File:XenakisMDaniel.jpg