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Iannis Xenakis

1922 - 2001

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Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; Greek: Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, pronounced [ˈʝanis kseˈnacis]; 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 game theory and was also an important influence on the development of electronic and computer music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iannis Xenakis has received more than 921,644 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Iannis Xenakis is the 152nd most popular composer (down from 134th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Romania (down from 29th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Romanian Composer.

Iannis Xenakis is most famous for his use of mathematical models in his compositions. He was also a pioneer in the field of electronic music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Iannis Xenakis ranks 152 out of 1,451. Before him are Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, John Barry, Darius Milhaud, Ottorino Respighi, Adrian Willaert, and Enrique Granados. After him are Pierre Boulez, Michel Legrand, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Vincenzo Galilei, Michael Haydn, and Émile Jaques-Dalcroze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Iannis Xenakis ranks 36. Before him are Renata Tebaldi, Yang Chen-Ning, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Telly Savalas, Otto Carius, and Hans Georg Dehmelt. After him are Nándor Hidegkuti, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Nikolay Basov, Doris Day, Jacques Piccard, and Agostinho Neto. Among people deceased in 2001, Iannis Xenakis ranks 18. Before him are Ahmad Shah Massoud, Sabiha Gökçen, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Christiaan Barnard, Fred Hoyle, and Wilhelm Mohnke. After him are Gilbert Bécaud, Alberto Korda, Ernst Gombrich, Douglas Adams, Nikolay Basov, and Marie José of Belgium.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Iannis Xenakis ranks 39 out of 844. Before him are Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Álmos (820), George Enescu (1881), Sergiu Celibidache (1912), Gheorghe Zamfir (1941), and Dimitrie Cantemir (1673). After him are Mihai Eminescu (1850), Milan I of Serbia (1854), Basarab I of Wallachia (1275), Radu cel Frumos (1438), János Bolyai (1802), and Bela Lugosi (1882).

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Among COMPOSERS In Romania

Among composers born in Romania, Iannis Xenakis ranks 4. Before him are Béla Bartók (1881), György Ligeti (1923), and George Enescu (1881). After him are Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Kurtág (1926), Vladimir Cosma (1940), Bálint Bakfark (1507), Péter Eötvös (1944), Sándor Veress (1907), and Sándor Végh (1912).

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