Iannis Xenakis
Sound
May 29, 1922
Died February 4, 2001 (78 years old)
Brăila, Romania
12
Acting Credits
1
Directed
Biography
Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; Greek: Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde composer, music theorist, architect, performance director and engineer. After 1947, he fled Greece, becoming a naturalised citizen of France eighteen years later. Xenakis pioneered the use of mathematical models in music such as applications of set theory, stochastic processes and gam...
Known For
Filmography
Celluloid and Marble
2011
as Self
10
Charisma X: Iannis Xenakis
2009
as Self (archive footage)
3.5
OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980
2005
as Self
Nadir
1993
as Self
Something Rich and Strange: The Life and Music of Iannis Xenakis
1991
as Self
6
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
1991
as Self
8
Morton Feldman and lannis Xenakis, A Conversation
1986
as Himself
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
as Self
9
Olivier Messiaen and the Birds
1973
as Self
Du 5éme des Arts de Shiraz
1971
as Himself
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
6
The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse
1966
as Self