Iannis Xenakis
Composer and architect utilizing game theory, stochastic processes, set theory
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) was a Greek-French composer and architect who, before turning to music, worked with Le Corbusier and co-designed the Philips Pavilion for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair — the building for which he composed his early tape piece Concret PH, alongside Edgard Varèse’s Poème électronique.
Works in the Library
Iannis Xenakis COMPOSITION 1958
Electroacoustic music composed by Iannis Xenakis for the Philips Pavilion he designed for Expo 58.
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Iannis Xenakis BOOK 1971
Xenakis on stochastic, set-theoretic, and computational approaches to composition.
NUMBER FORM COMPUTATION
Iannis Xenakis COMPOSITION 1978
Xenakis's 1978 work, the first piece ever composed on the UPIC system.
FORM COMPUTATION LANGUAGE
Patrick Saint-Jean, Iannis Xenakis INSTRUMENT
Xenakis's graphic composition system, translating tablet drawings directly into sound.
FORM COMPUTATION LANGUAGE
Iannis Xenakis COMPOSITION 1989
Voyage absolu des Unari vers Andromède
Electroacoustic work by Iannis Xenakis.
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Iannis Xenakis ORGANIZATION
Iannis Xenakis's Paris research center for music and mathematics, formalized 1972, birthplace of the UPIC system.
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