Iannis Xenakis (Greek pronunciation: [ˈʝanis kseˈnakis], Greek: Γιάννης Ξενάκης) (May 29, 1922 – February 4, 2001) was a Greek composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. After 1947, he fled Greece, becoming a naturalized citizen of France. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers. 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 music. He integrated music with architecture, designing music for pre-existing spaces, and designing spaces to be integrated with specific music compositions and performances.
Among his most important works are Metastaseis (1953–4) for orchestra, which introduced independent parts for every musician of the orchestra; percussion works such as Psappha (1975) and Pléïades (1979); compositions that introduced spatialization by dispersing musicians among the audience, such as Terretektorh (1966); electronic works created using Xenakis's UPIC system; and the massive multimedia performances Xenakis called polytopes. Among the numerous theoretical writings he authored, the book Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition (1971) is regarded as one of his most important. As an architect, Xenakis is primarily known for his early work under Le Corbusier: the Sainte Marie de La Tourette, on which the two architects collaborated, and the Philips Pavilion at Expo 58, which Xenakis designed alone.
Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis
Iannis Xenakis: Metastasis
Iannis Xenakis - Pléiades (1979)
IANNIS XENAKIS: Ο Κορυφαίος Έλληνας που η Φασιστική Δεξιά καταδίκασε σε Θάνατο!
Iannis Xenakis - Έργα
Iannis Xenakis (1 of 2) Filmed Interview in English with German subtitles
Iannis Xenakis - Eonta (1964)
Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis (Spectral View)
Iannis Xenakis | Rebonds B
Iannis Xenakis _ "Jonchaies" for 109 musicians (1977)
Iannis Xenakis – Persepolis
Iannis Xenakis - "Terretektorh" für Orchester - Cresc... Biennale für Moderne Musik
Iannis Xenakis - Tetras
ENSEMBLE LINEA - IANNIS XENAKIS - EONTA
Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis
Iannis Xenakis: Metastasis
Iannis Xenakis - Pléiades (1979)
IANNIS XENAKIS: Ο Κορυφαίος Έλληνας που η Φασιστική Δεξιά καταδίκασε σε Θάνατο!
Iannis Xenakis - Έργα
Iannis Xenakis (1 of 2) Filmed Interview in English with German subtitles
Iannis Xenakis - Eonta (1964)
Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis (Spectral View)
Iannis Xenakis | Rebonds B
Iannis Xenakis _ "Jonchaies" for 109 musicians (1977)
Iannis Xenakis – Persepolis
Iannis Xenakis - "Terretektorh" für Orchester - Cresc... Biennale für Moderne Musik
Iannis Xenakis - Tetras
ENSEMBLE LINEA - IANNIS XENAKIS - EONTA
Iannis Xenakis - Concret PH
Iannis Xenakis: Pithoprakta (1955/1956)
Iannis Xenakis - S.709
Iannis Xenakis Orient Occident
Okho by Iannis Xenakis, performed by the Peabody Percussion Trio
Mycenae Alpha
XENAKIS The Complete Quartets: JACK Quartet Tetras (1983)
Iannis Xenakis - Kottos
Iannis Xenakis - Charisma, Monica Mari y Victor Rodriguez
Iannis Xenakis - Pour la paix - 1981 / Narrator live + Tape (Choir and UPIC)
Garrett Mendelow - Iannis Xenakis/ Rebonds B(live @Bimhuis Amsterdam)
Rebonds A, by Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis - Terretektorh (live in het Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ tijdens het Hollandfestival 2011))
Rebonds B by Iannis Xenakis (Live 4/12/15)
REBONDS A by Iannis Xenakis (( live ))
Iannis Xenakis - MEDEA SENECAE / Ruffini
Iannis Xenakis - Nomos Alpha, Part I
Nomos Alpha (Iannis Xenakis), part I
Iannis Xenakis - Rebonds by Thanasis Papadimitriou - Live Concert in Germany
"Mikka S" by Iannis Xenakis (Stelios Chatziiosifidis/violin)
Xenakis: Herma - performed by Martin von der Heydt
Paille in the Wind, Iannis Xenakis
Rebonds B by Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis:Mists(1980) 1 of 2
Rebonds by Iannis Xenakis
Maria Bulgakova sings Iannis Xenakis "Akanthos"
Iannis Xenakis Interview (1 of 3)
Iannis Xenakis Interview (2 of 3)
Iannis Xenakis Interview (3 of 3)
1999 Interview Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis Documentary
Iannis Xenakis filmed Interview (2 of 2) in English with German subtitles
Iannis Xenakis Moscow Interview/ Ксенакис в Москве
Edgard Varese Film with interviews: Messiaen Xenakis
1999 2
"CHARISMA X - IANNIS XENAKIS" by Efi Xirou (1)
Aphex Twin ( Interview ) on BBC Radio 3 Mixing It
Michel Tabachnik : interview vidéo Qobuz
Iannis Xenakis Eonta (1963)
Iannis Xenakis - Cendrées
Xenakis - La Legende D'Eer
Portrait Film about Iannis Xenakis (german)
Iannis Xenakis - La legende d'éer.avi
Iannis Xenakis: ALAX
Iannis Xenakis – Pleiades - Concertante (Les Percussions De Strasbourg)
Xenakis: Persepolis (1971)
Iannis Xenakis - Idmen a, b
Iannis Xenakis - Percussion Works 1/3
Iannis Xenakis – Percussion Works 2/3
Iannis Xenakis – Percussion Works 3/3
Iannis Xenakis / Betsy Jolas / André Boucourechliev -- New Sounds From Paris (1/2)
Kassandra de Iannis Xenakis Dir. Jerry Brignone
Xenakis - Nekuia (1981)
Daniel Hambleton: The Interdisciplinary Work of Iannis Xenakis
James Harley: Xenakis: Stochastics to Sieves to Random Walks