Iannis Xenakis
Biography
by Graham Olson
Xenakis was one of the major figures of 20th-century music, composing some 150 works for orchestra, instruments, voices, stage, and electronics.
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Composition Highlights
Title |
Year |
Avg. Duration |
Genre |
Pithoprakta, for 49 musicians |
1955 |
10:15 |
Orchestral |
Metastasis, for 60 musicians (Anastenaria, Part 3) |
1953 |
07:59 |
Orchestral |
Eonta, for 2 trumpets, 3 trombones & piano |
1963 |
18:56 |
Chamber Music |
Pléïades, for 6 percussionists |
1978 |
31:01 |
Chamber Music Avant-Garde Music |
Mists, for piano |
1981 |
12:34 |
Keyboard |
Waarg, for 13 musicians |
1988 |
15:48 |
Chamber Music |
Persephassa, for 6 percussionists |
1969 |
28:19 |
Chamber Music |
Mikka, for violin |
1971 |
04:11 |
Chamber Music |
Oresteïa, for children's chorus, chorus & 12 musicians |
1965 |
49:22 |
Choral |
Dikhthas, for violin & piano |
1979 |
13:05 |
Chamber Music |
Concret PH, for 2-track tape & at least 4 loudspeakers |
1958 |
02:27 |
Electronic/Computer Music |
ST/4, for string quartet |
1956 |
11:13 |
Chamber Music |
ST/10, for 10 musicians |
1962 |
12:20 |
Chamber Music |
Keren, for trombone |
1986 |
06:39 |
Chamber Music |
Jalons, for 15 musicians |
1986 |
15:33 |
Chamber Music |
Medea, for male chorus, hand-held cymbals & 5 musicians |
1967 |
22:49 |
Choral |
Nomos Alpha, for cello |
1966 |
15:53 |
Chamber Music |
Nuits, for 12 voices |
1967 |
09:41 |
Choral |
Mikka "S", for violin |
1976 |
04:41 |
Chamber Music |
Herma, for piano |
1960 |
08:00 |
Keyboard |
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