Xenakis

British  

/ ksɛˈnakis, zɛˈnɑːkɪs /

noun

1. Yannis (ˈjanis). 1922–2001, Greek composer and musical theorist, born in Romania: later a French citizen. He was noted for his use of computers in composition: his works include ST/10-1, 080262 (1962) and Dox-orkh (1991)

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Example Sentences

This is no longer the uptight atmosphere where John Adams was angrily booed and where people noisily walked out as Zubin Mehta premiered major new works by Olivier Messiaen and Iannis Xenakis.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

“I would have challenged it,” Xenakis said in an interview, referring to DeSantis’s advice about force-feeding.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2023

Gen. Stephen Xenakis, the former head of the Southeast Army Medical Command, who at the time was affiliated with Physicians for Human Rights, said he advised detainee lawyers about challenging the practice.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2023

He also studied with the composer Olivier Messiaen from 1951 to ’53, whose interest in non-Western music and inspired Xenakis follow suit.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022

Xenakis left Greece in 1947, while the country was being torn apart by civil war, after hiding in Athens.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022