Background
XENAKIS, Iannis was born on May 29, 1922 in Athens, Greece. Son of Clearchos Xenakis and Fotini Pavlou.
composer architect and engineer
XENAKIS, Iannis was born on May 29, 1922 in Athens, Greece. Son of Clearchos Xenakis and Fotini Pavlou.
Student, Athens Polytechnic Institute. Student, Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris. Student, Paris Conservatiore.
Student engineering; Doctor of Humane Letters, Sorbonne, Paris, 1976. Doctor of Music (honorary), Edinburgh University, 1989. Doctor of Music (honorary), Glasgow University, 1990.
Designer, Philips Pavilion, Brussels World Fair 1958, sonic, sculptural and light composition Polytope for French Pavilion, Expo 1967 Montreal, music and light spectacle Persepolis on ruins and mountain, Persepolis, Iran Polytope de Cluny, Paris 1972. Founder and Director Equipe de Mathdmatique et Automatique Musicales, Paris, Center for Mathematical and Automated Music, Indiana University. Association Professor Indiana University 1967-1972.
Emeritus Professor University of Paris I. Gresham Professor, in Music, City University, London.
Iannis Xenakis has been listed as a notable composer, architect, engineer by Marquis.
Served with Greek Resistance, World World War II, condemned to death, exile in France. Member British Computer Art Society (honorary, London), American Academy and Institute Arts and Letters (honorary, New York ), de l'Academy Européeenne des Sciences, du Conseil National de la Resistance Hellenique, Swedish Royal Academy Music (Stockholm), d'Honneur de l'Unin des compositeurs et musicologues de Roumaine.
Camping and kayaks.
Married Françoise Gargouil, 1953. 1 child, Mâkhi.
