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

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

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2023

“Greeks are like that,” the composer Iannis Xenakis said in 1967.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022

And as Xenakis garnered fame, his dramatic past stirred up fantasies for many people, especially during May 1968 protests in Paris.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022