- “one of the most brilliant pianists of the contemporary repertoire” The Sunday Times
Concert on 27th May to celebrate the 90th birthday of Iannis Xenakis at the Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane, Australia, including Evryali, Akea, Dikhthas and Eonta.
Solo recitals at la Maison du Peuple, Brussels, and The Forge, London, in April and May featuring new works by Peter Ablinger (external link), Michael Finnissy (external link), Adam de la Cour (external link) and Richard Beaudoin (external link).
Performances of Thalleïn
Music of Today: Iannis Xenakis
Philharmonia Orchestra
18:00, Thursday 13 March 2008
Royal Festival Hall (external link)
Southbank Centre
SE1 8XX London
United Kingdom
Portrait of Iannis Xenakis conducted by Diego Masson (external link) and presented by Julian Anderson (external link).
For all his training as an architect with Le Corbusier, burning intensity is the overriding emotion in Xenakis’s music. Nowhere is this more evident than in Anaktoria, inspired by the ecstatic love hymns of Sappho. Thalleïn does exactly what its Greek title says — it sprouts from initial bursts of sound in numerous unpredictable directions. Admission free.
| Iannis Xenakis | Anaktoria | 196911 |
| Iannis Xenakis | Thalleïn | 198417 |
