Iannis Xenakis

Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also known as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; Greek: Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, pronounced [ˈʝanis kseˈnacis]; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Greek, French, and Romanian composer and architect^[1]

Giannis Klearchou Xenakis was born in Brăila, Romania. He was born to Klearchos Xenakis, a businessman from Euboea, and Fotini Pavlou from Lemnos, a pianist.^[1] He had two brothers named Jason and Kosmas.

His parents were both interested in music, and wanted Xenakis to learn more about it.^[2] He would learn music at a boarding school and the National Technical University in Athens.

In college, Xenakis fought for the National Liberation Front. He later graduated from college. ^[3][4]

Xenakis left Greece for Paris as a refugee.^[5] He was sentenced in absentia to death in Greece. He came back many years later, once the sentence was ended.^[6]

Xenakis wrote many musical compositions. This includes thirty two pieces for voice, two ballets, and seventeen solo instrumental pieces.

• Di Scipio, Agostino (1998). "Compositional Models in Xenakis's Electroacoustic Music". Perspectives of New Music. 36 (2): 201–243. doi:10.2307/833529. JSTOR 833529.
• Gilbert, Martin (1966). Winston Churchill. Oxford University Press.
• Harley, James (2004). Xenakis: His Life in Music. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-415-97145-4.
• Hoffmann, Peter (2001). "Xenakis, Iannis". In Deane Root (ed.). Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.30654. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
• Hugill, Andrew (2008). The Digital Musician. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-80660-2.
• Matossian, Nouritza (1986). Xenakis. London: Kahn and Averill. ISBN 1-871082-17-X.
• Serra, Marie-Hélène (Winter 1993). "Stochastic Composition and Stochastic Timbre: GENDY3 by Iannis Xenakis". Perspectives of New Music. 32 (1): 236–257. doi:10.2307/833052. JSTOR 833052.
• Varga, Bálint András (1996). Conversations with Iannis Xenakis. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-17959-2.

• Amagali, Rosemary Tristano. (1975). "Texture as an Organizational Factor in Selected Works of Iannis Xenakis". M.M. Thesis, Indiana University.
• Anther, Eric (1986). ""Mi-homme, mi dragon" par Iannis Xenakis" (PDF). Le monde de la musique. France: Le monde and Telerama.
• Ariza, Christopher (2005). "The Xenakis Sieve as Object: A New Model and a Complete Implementation". Computer Music Journal. 29 (2): 40–60. doi:10.1162/0148926054094396. ISSN 0148-9267. S2CID 10854809.
• Bardot, Jean-Marc. (1999). "Cendrées de Xenakis ou l'émergence de la vocalité dans la pensée xenakienne." Undergraduate thesis (equivalent). Saint-Etienne: Université Jean Monnet.
• Biasi, Salvatore di. (1994). Musica e matematica negli anni 50–60: Iannis Xenakis. Bologna. Università degli Studi di Bologna.
• Boivin, Jean. 1995. La Classe de Messiaen. Paris: Christian Bourgois.
• Clark, Philip. (2009). "Xenakis", in The Wire Primers: A Guide To Modern Music, 191–198. London and New York: Verso. ISBN 978-1-84467-427-5.
• Kitsikis, Dimitri. (2014). Περί Ηρώων: Οι ήρωες και η σημασία τους για τον σύγχρονο ελληνισμό (On Heroes.: Heroes and Their Importance for Contemporary Hellenism). Athens: Herodotos. ISBN 978-960-485-068-6 (Chapter "Iannis Xenakis: Souvenirs from Paris, by D. Kitsikis, Xenakis's Intimate Friend").
• McCallum, Peter (17 October 1992). "Metaphors of space". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 47. Retrieved 23 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
• Murray, Margaret (5 November 1988). "Taking Bach to the planets". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 93. Retrieved 23 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
• Paland, Ralph, and Christoph von Blumröder (eds.). (2009). Iannis Xenakis: Das elektroakustische Werk. Internationales Symposion. Tagungsbericht 2006. Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit 14. Vienna. Der Apfel. ISBN 978-3-85450-414-6.
• Peters, Frank (2 May 1967). "Battle Sounds Graphed Into Music". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 41. Retrieved 23 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
• Schaal, Hans-Jürgen (29 May 2022). "Die Mathematik der Klangwolken – Ausgabe: 5/22 – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
• Swed, Mark (10 November 2010). "Cold, stern and so very hip". The Los Angeles Times. p. 32. Retrieved 23 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
• Woodward, Roger (2014). "Iannis Xenakis". Beyond Black and White. HarperCollins. pp. 353-399. ISBN 9780733323034

• Swed, Mark (5 February 2001). "Iannis Xenakis; Avant-Garde Composer". The Los Angeles Times. p. 22. Retrieved 23 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

• 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
• Interview with Iannis Xenakis, 25 March 1997