Two Xenakis concerts in London at Southbank Centre on 8th October 2022

For the centenary of birth of the composer, the Queen Elisabeth Hall of the Southbank Centre of London will host two concerts on October 8th with Xenakis’ music. 1st concert at 1.30 pm: Xenakis: Architect of Sound Performers London Sinfonietta Geoffrey Paterson conductor Mark van de Wiel clarinet Repertoire Xenakis: O-Mega for percussion & ensemble; Palimpsest for 11 instruments; Echange […]

Tribute to Xenakis in Bayonne on 7 October 2022 during the Haizebegi festival

A day full of events in homage to the composer-architect during the festival from 6 to 16 October in Bayonne. Tribute to Iannis Xenakis, meeting hosted by Denis Laborde Screening of the documentary Xenakis Révolution: Le bâtisseur du son, by Stéphen Ghez Talk with Mâkhi Xenakis, artist, daughter of Iannis and Françoise Xenakis, co-curator of […]

Xenakis: Percussion, choir & electroacoustic concert in Lisboa on September 18th, 2022

This free concert will take place in the Main Building – Grand Auditorium of the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisboa. Gulbenkian ChoirTomás Moital Original Concept / PercussionFrancisco Cipriano PercussionPedro Tavares PercussionPierre Carré Computer Music / Lights DesignerInês Tavares Lopes Conductor of the Gulbenkian ChoirNoeli Kikuchi, Cire Ndiaye, Tomás Moital and Mavá José Reciters Iannis XenakisRebonds (A-B)OkhoPsapphaVoyage […]

Xenakis concert in Lisbon on September 16, 2022

The Gulbenkian Choir and Orchestra will perform two iconic pieces from Iannis Xenakis’ repertoire: Anastenaria and Pithoprakta. Works by Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messiaen will also be performed. Information and reservations: https://gulbenkian.pt/musica/en/agenda/xenakis-centenary/

L’Ensemble Xenakis will play works by the composer in Chambéry, France on September 16, 2022

Revealed in 2017 by the Victoires de la musique classique, 25-year-old percussionist Adelaïde Ferrière performs regularly as a soloist as well as in chamber music. With her impressive marimba, her incredible touch and her four sticks in hand, she will be one of the outstanding figures of this edition of the Bel-Air Claviers Festival. She […]

100 Years of Xenakis : concert and lecture in Berlin, September 15th, 2022

“On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the great artist Iannis Xenakis – composer, architect and engineer – will happen the event “100 Years of Xenakis”. The event will take place on Thursday, 15 September at 7 pm. Iannis Xenakis was born on 29 May 1922 in Brăila, Romania, to a Greek family and […]

Oresteïa will be played during a festival in Arles, France, On September 12th, 2022

As part of the “Rentrée des chœurs” festival which will take place from 9 to 12 September in Marseille and the surrounding area, Xenakis’ work Oresteïa, composed in the mid-1960s, will be performed at La Croisière in Arles on 12 September. Free entrance. MusicatreizeEnsemble unitedberlinMaîtrise du Conservatoire de MarseilleLe choeur Meridiem Borealis Roland Hayrabedian, directionPatrice […]

The Arditti Quartet will play Xenakis in Shizuoka, Japan on September 3, 2022

The Shizuoka Concert Hall will host the Arditti Quartet who will perform several works from the Xenakian repertoire. Address: Concert Hall Shizuoka (1-9 Kurogane-cho, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-city, Japan) St-4 for string quartet Tetras for string quartet Dikhthas for violin and piano Ikhoor string trio Akea for piano quintet Artists: The Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti (1st Vn.), […]

Xenakis concert in Tokyo on August, 26th

Persephassa for Six Percussionists Ballet music “Kranerg” for orchestra and tape (1969)Kraanerg Ballet Music for Orchestra and Tape * In “Kranerg”, acoustic speakers are placed so as to surround the audience seats. Klangform Wien Conductor: Emilio Pomarico Percussion instruments: Isao Nakamura / Yoshiko Kanda / Klangform Vienna members, etc. * Sponsored by: Austrian Embassy / Austrian Cultural Forum Tokyo https://www.suntory.co.jp/suntoryhall/feature/summer2022/producer.html

Conference on Xenakis and concert at the Ravel Festival on August 19th and 20th in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France

On the occasion of the Ravel Festival, which takes place from August 19 to September 11, a lecture by Makis Salomos on Iannis Xenakis will open the festival on August 19 at 5 pm. The following day, a “tribute in three tableaux” will be given by the Trio & Collectif Xenakis. Information and reservations can […]