Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary

There is still time to go see Xenakis’ drawings at the Drawing Center and then go hear his music live at the Morgan Library and other places around town over the next month – many  great opportunities to experience his work in more ways than one!

Step One:  See the drawings at the Drawing Center in Soho
35 Wooster Street between Broome and Grand Streets
Gallery hours are Wednesday, 12pm – 6pm, Thursday, 12pm – 8pm, and Friday – Sunday, 12pm – 6pm (closed Mondays and Tuesdays).

Step Two: Go see some live music!

February 5, 6:45–8:30pm
Concert by JACK Quartet of Xenakis’s complete String Quartets
The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue

February 6, 7pm and February 13, 20, and 27, 2–8pm
Daniel Teige performs selections of Xenakis’s electronic music
Diapason Gallery, 882 Third Avenue, 10th Floor, Brooklyn

February 21, 3–5:30pm
Iannis Xenakis: The Percussion Music, panel discussion and performance
Frederick Loewe Theatre – NYU Steinhardt Percussion Program, 35 West 4th Street

February 28, 8pm
Xenakis and Japan, a music/dance event produced by Electronic Music Foundation, choreography and production design by Luca Veggetti
Judson Church, 55 Washington Square South

March 16, 7pm
French Transmission, a concert by the Montreal-based ensemble
Elebash Hall at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue

- Posted by Esa