Iannis Xenakis

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Iannis Xenakis was a pioneering 20th-century composer, architect, and theorist known for integrating advanced mathematics and architectural concepts into avant-garde music and design.

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instanceOf architect
avant-garde composer
composer
electroacoustic music composer
human
music theorist
awardReceived Kythera Prize
causeOfDeath long illness
citizenship France
Greece
countryOfBirth Romania
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1922-05-29
dateOfDeath 2001-02-04
designed Philips Pavilion
educatedAt National Technical University of Athens
employer Le Corbusier studio
ethnicGroup Greek
familyName Xenakis
linked to: Iannis Xenakis
fieldOfWork acoustics
algorithmic composition
architecture
computer music
electronic music
music composition
music theory
stochastic music
founded CEMAMu
fullName Iannis Xenakis
genre chamber music
computer music
contemporary classical music
electroacoustic music
orchestral music
vocal music
givenName Iannis
hasWrittenWork Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition
influenced computer music composers
contemporary classical composers
spectral music composers
influencedBy Le Corbusier
Olivier Messiaen
Pythagorean mathematics
architecture
game theory
probability theory
set theory
invented UPIC graphic sound synthesis system
languageOfWorkOrName French
Greek
memberOf CEMAMu
movement avant-garde music
modernism
notableIdea architectural thinking in music
polytopes (multimedia works)
stochastic music
use of probability in composition
notableWork Achorripsis
Bohor
Formalized Music
Herma
Kraanerg
Metastaseis
Nomos Alpha
Oresteia
Persephassa
Pithoprakta
Polytopes
Psappha
Terretektorh
occupation architect
composer
engineer
music theorist
participatedIn Greek Resistance in World War II
linked to: Greek Resistance
placeOfBirth Brăila
placeOfDeath Paris
residence Paris
sexOrGender male
studied architecture
engineering
usedMathematicalConcept Markov chains
linked to: Markov processes

game theory
set theory
stochastic processes
usedTechnology UPIC system
workedOn Philips Pavilion

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Iannis Xenakis familyName Xenakis
linked to: Iannis Xenakis
Pierre-Laurent Aimard associatedWith Iannis Xenakis
Olivier Messiaen influenced Iannis Xenakis
Olivier Messiaen student Iannis Xenakis
Iannis notableBearer Iannis Xenakis
Metastaseis composer Iannis Xenakis
Pithoprakta composer Iannis Xenakis
Achorripsis composer Iannis Xenakis
Achorripsis composedBy Iannis Xenakis
Terretektorh composer Iannis Xenakis
Persephassa composer Iannis Xenakis
Bohor composer Iannis Xenakis
Nomos Alpha composer Iannis Xenakis
Herma composer Iannis Xenakis
Psappha composer Iannis Xenakis
Kraanerg composer Iannis Xenakis
Kraanerg associatedWith Iannis Xenakis
Polytopes creator Iannis Xenakis
Formalized Music author Iannis Xenakis
Philips Pavilion coDesigner Iannis Xenakis
Philips Pavilion structuralDesigner Iannis Xenakis
Philips Pavilion engineer Iannis Xenakis
Philips Pavilion collaborator Iannis Xenakis
Philips Pavilion additionalMusicBy Iannis Xenakis
Polytopes (multimedia works) creator Iannis Xenakis
subject linked to: polytopes (multimedia works)
Kythera Prize notableRecipient Iannis Xenakis
Kythera Prize associatedWith Iannis Xenakis
UPIC system creator Iannis Xenakis
UPIC system developer Iannis Xenakis