Iannis Xenakis
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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
Concret PH, for 2-track tape & at least 4 loudspeakers
1958
02:31
Electronic/Computer Music
Dikhthas, for violin & piano
1979
13:05
Chamber 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
Nuits, for 12 voices
1967
09:41
Choral
Nomos Alpha, for cello
1966
15:53
Chamber Music
Palimpsest, for 11 musicians
1979
11:34
Chamber Music
Mikka "S", for violin
1976
04:41
Chamber Music
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