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Xenakis, Iannis (also Yannis Xenakis)
1922- Born in Braila, Romania
-Began his career as an architect, collaborating with Le Corbusier.
-invented the idea of stochastic music.
1954- Typical orchestral pieces are Metastasis
1967- Polytope (music)
1975- For four orchestral groups placed in the audience; and noomena
1962- He written many chamber works and a few taped works of electronically manipulated sounds, such as Bohor
-His music is humanistic in aim and seeks deep roots in the past.
-Began his career as an architect, collaborating with Le Corbusier.
-invented the idea of stochastic music.
1954- Typical orchestral pieces are Metastasis
1967- Polytope (music)
1975- For four orchestral groups placed in the audience; and noomena
1962- He written many chamber works and a few taped works of electronically manipulated sounds, such as Bohor
-His music is humanistic in aim and seeks deep roots in the past.
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