Warsaw // Commemoration of the 15th anniversary of Xenakis's death // 5 & 6-11-2016

Our esteemed colleagues in Warsaw have organized this commemoration of the 15th anniversary of Xenakis's death. It is an honour for CIX to be represented by two of our members, Benoît Gibson and Sharon Kanach.

Here is the description in English:

Ladies and Gentlemen,
This year we commemorate 15th death anniversary of a Greek composer and architect – Iannis Xenakis. The New Music Study, Department of Composition FCUM and Poznań University of Technology decided to organize an international conference in order to pay tribute to the Master. Metastatis The Architecture of Iannis Xenakis’s Music will take place in the Senate Chamber of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw on 5-6 November 2016. The aim of the conference is to re-discover the composer and emphasize the influence of his creative thinking on the development of the contemporary music. The conference panels which will take place on the 5th of November will be attended by outstanding specialists, artists, and researchers working in the Polish and international institutions.
The conference hosts a discussion panel that will take place on November 6th. The discussants will talk about the perception and reception of Iannis Xenakis’s music. Among the panelists, there are professors of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music who have been acquainted with the composer in various ways – they participated in his master classes, researched his music, sought inspiration in his music for their own musical compositions.
The scholarly discussions will be followed by a concert of the New Music Study entitled Iannis Xenakis – the architect of music. Master’s music composition for the percussion, baritone, and piano will be performed.
During the conference and concerts, admirers of Xenakis’s music will have a chance to see two exhibitions located in the foyer of the Concert Hall.
I am convinced that these two days will bring intellectual and artistic inspiration.
I wish you an inspiring time filled with the spirit of one of the most outstanding composers of all times.

Dr. Leszek Lorent– Chair of the Conference Committee

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (Faculty of Composition / New Music Study)
Poznań University of Technology (Faculty of Architecture / Department of History of Architecture and Urban Planning)

International conference Μεταστάσεις / Metastasis - Iannisa Xenakis’s architecture of music

Conference Committee: Prof. Marcin Błażewicz, Dr. Leszek Lorent,
Dr. Dariusz Przybylski, Dr. Miłosz Bembinow, Dr. Joanna Maluga, Dr. Piotr Marciniak, Dr. Maciej Janowski, Dr. Adam Nadolny

Chair of the Conference Committee: Dr. Leszek Lorent
Cooperation: Dr. Ignacy Zalewski

05.11.2016 – proceedings, The Senate Chamber:
11:45 – 12:00 – the opening of the conference, Professor Klaudiusz Baran, His Magnificence the Rector of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music
12:00 – 12:30 – Prof. Benoit Gibson – University of Evora (Portugal) – Representation of Musical Ideas in the Instrumental Music of Iannis Xenakis
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm – Agnieszka Rumież, M.A. – Poznań University of Technology – Control, instance, choice in architectural planning [inspired by Xenakis’s practice of indeterminism]
1:00 – 1:15 pm – discussion
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm– Prof. Sharon Kanach – Universite Rouen (France) – From film to command film: Xenakis’s giant leap into New Media art
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Dr. Leszek Lorent – Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Dr. Joanna Maluga – Feliks Nowowiejski University of Music – Oresteia by Iannis Xenakis – contemporary interpretation of an ancient myth
2:30 pm – 2:45pm – discussion
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm– lunch break
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Prof. Manuel Burgos – Royal Conservatory (Spain) - Achorripsis revisited. Stochastic methods applied to my solo piano piece Sound Clouds
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Maestro Jonathan Powell – (Great Britain) – Xenakis and the Piano
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm – discussion
5:15 pm – 5:45 pm –Marta Buczkowska, M.A. – Poznań Univeristy of Technology – Architecture – auditory recording.
5:45 pm – 6:15 pm – Dr. Ignacy Zalewski – Fryderyk Chopin Univeristy of Music – Life is always right, it’s the architect who is wrong. A few remarks about the experimental creations.
6:30 pm – the end of the conference

06.11.2016, The New Senate Chamber, 3 p.m. – Accompanying event: discussion panel Perception and reception of Iannis Xenakis’s music Dr. Alicja Gronau-Osińska – Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (Warsaw), Prof. Krzysztof Baculewski – Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (Warsaw), Prof. Marcin Błażewicz – Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (Warsaw), Kostas Georgakopulos, M.A. – Festival Avant Art (Wrocław)
Michał Zadara, M.A. – Centrala theater (Warsaw)
Marta Buczkowska, M.A. – Poznań University of Technology
Agnieszka Rumież, M.A. – Poznań University of Technology
Moderator: Ewa Szczecińska (Polish Radio Channel II)

06.11.2016, concert hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music 5:00 pm – Concert of the New Music Study: Iannis Xenakis – the architect of music
Performed by: Jonathan Powell, Leszek Lorent, Maciej Nerkowski, Jarema Jarosiński

During the conference and concerts, admirers of Xenakis’s music will have a chance to see two exhibitions located in the foyer of the Concert Hall:
 Interactive exhibition Structures by Marta Buczkowska
 educational exhibition Life and creations of Iannis Xenakis by Ludmiła Bubanova