Iannis Xenakis

Iannis Xenakis (Ιάννης Ξενάκης) (May 29, 1922 Romania - February 4, 2001) was a Greek composer and architect who spent much of his life in Paris.

Selected works

• Metastasis (part III of the triptych Anastenaria) (1953-1954), for orchestra of 60 musicians
• Pithoprakta (1955-1956), for orchestra of 49 musicians
• Eonta (1963), for piano and 5 brass instruments
• Oresteïa (1965-1966), on texts from Aeschylos, suite for children's choir, mixed choir with musical accessories and ensemble of 12 musicians
• Terretektorh (1965-1966), for 88 musicians dispersed among the audience
• Medea (1967), scene music on texts from Seneca, for male choir playing rythms with cymbals and 5 musicians
• Nomos Alpha (1966), for solo cello
• Polytope de Montréal (1967), spectacle of light and sound for 4 identical orchestras of 15 musicians
• Nuits (1967), on Sumerian, Assyrian, Achaean and other phonemes, for 12 mixed solo voices or mixed choir
• Nomos Gamma (1967-1968), for 98 musicians dispersed among the audience
• Anaktoria (1969), for ensemble of 8 musicians
• Kraanerg (1968-1969), ballet music, for orchestra and four-channel tape
• Persephassa (1969), for 6 percussionists
• Persepolis (1971), for light and sound (eight-channel tape)
• Cendrées (1973), for mixed choir of 72 (or 36) singers chanting phonemes by Iannis Xenakis and 73 musicians
• N'Shima (1975), on Hebrew words and phonemes, for 2 mezzo-sopranos (or altos) and 5 musicians
• Jonchaies (1977), for orchestra of 109 musicians
• Pléïades (1978), for 6 percussionists
• Pour Maurice (1982), for baritone and piano
• Shaar (1983), for large string orchestra
• Jalons (1986), for ensemble of 15 musicians
• Keqrops (1986), for solo piano and orchestra of 92 musicians
• Kassandra (Oresteïa II) (1987), for amplified baritone (also playing a 20-string psaltery) and percussion
• La Déesse Athéna (Oresteïa III) (1992), for baritone solo and mixed ensemble of 11 instruments