Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis (
May 29,
1922 -
February 4,
2001) was a
Romanian-born
composer of
Greek descent who spent much of his life in
France. While assistant of
Le Corbusier, who had other engagments, Xenakis designed the Philips Pavilion, home of the the premier of
Edgard Varese's
Poeme Electronique at the 1958 Brussels International Fair. He is particularly remembered for his pioneering
electronic and
computer music, and for the use of
stochastic mathematical techniques, including
probability,
game theory,
group theory,
set theory, and
Boolean algebra, in his compositions.
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