Iannis Xenakis

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architect avant-garde composer composer electroacoustic music composer human music theorist

Iannis Xenakis was a pioneering 20th-century composer, architect, and theorist known for integrating advanced mathematics and architectural concepts into avant-garde music and design.

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Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architect → avant-garde composer → composer → electroacoustic music composer → human → music theorist →
awardReceived	Kythera Prize →
causeOfDeath	long illness →
citizenship	France → Greece →
countryOfBirth	Romania →
countryOfDeath	France →
dateOfBirth	1922-05-29 →
dateOfDeath	2001-02-04 →
designed	Philips Pavilion →
educatedAt	National Technical University of Athens →
employer	Le Corbusier studio →
ethnicGroup	Greek →
familyName	Xenakis →
fieldOfWork	acoustics → algorithmic composition → architecture → computer music → electronic music → music composition → music theory → stochastic music →
founded	CEMAMu →
fullName	Iannis Xenakis →
genre	chamber music → computer music → contemporary classical music → electroacoustic music → orchestral music → vocal music →
givenName	Iannis →
hasWrittenWork	Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition →
influenced	computer music composers → contemporary classical composers → spectral music composers →
influencedBy	Le Corbusier → Olivier Messiaen → Pythagorean mathematics → architecture → game theory → probability theory → set theory →
invented	UPIC graphic sound synthesis system →
languageOfWorkOrName	French → Greek →
memberOf	CEMAMu →
movement	avant-garde music → modernism →
notableIdea	architectural thinking in music → polytopes (multimedia works) → stochastic music → use of probability in composition →
notableWork	Achorripsis → Bohor → Formalized Music → Herma → Kraanerg → Metastaseis → Nomos Alpha → Oresteia → Persephassa → Pithoprakta → Polytopes → Psappha → Terretektorh →
occupation	architect → composer → engineer → music theorist →
participatedIn	Greek Resistance in World War II →
placeOfBirth	Brăila →
placeOfDeath	Paris →
residence	Paris →
sexOrGender	male →
studied	architecture → engineering →
usedMathematicalConcept	Markov chains → game theory → set theory → stochastic processes →
usedTechnology	UPIC system →
workedOn	Philips Pavilion →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette →	architect
Iannis Xenakis ("Xenakis") →	familyName
Iannis Xenakis →	fullName