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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Album Highlights

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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Genre
Metastasis, for 60 musicians (Anastenaria, Part 3)	1953	Orchestral
Pithoprakta, for 49 musicians	1955	Orchestral
Eonta, for 2 trumpets, 3 trombones & piano	1963	Chamber Music
Pléïades, for 6 percussionists	1978	Chamber Music Avant-Garde Music
Mists, for piano	1981	Keyboard
Mikka, for violin	1971	Chamber Music
Persephassa, for 6 percussionists	1969	Chamber Music
Waarg, for 13 musicians	1988	Chamber Music
Oresteïa, for children's chorus, chorus & 12 musicians	1965	Choral
Polytope de Montréal, music for a spectacle for 4 equivalent orchestral ensembles	1967	Orchestral
Evryali, for piano	1973	Keyboard
Rebonds, for solo percussion	1989	Chamber Music
Psappha, for solo percussion	1975	Chamber Music
Herma, for piano	1960	Keyboard
Nomos Alpha, for cello	1966	Chamber Music
Antikhthon, ballet for 86 or 60 musicians	1971	Ballet
Tetras, for string quartet	1983	Chamber Music
Achorripsis, for 21 musicians	1956	Chamber Music
ST/4, for string quartet	1956	Chamber Music
Synaphaï, for piano & 86 musicians	1969	Concerto