In the 1950’s Iannis Xenakis was employed in the LeCorbusier’s offices for architecture and was viewed as an outsider by many of his peers for his orchestral, vocal, and electronic music. †World premiere of visual performance given in collaboration with Royal Northern College of Music’s PRiSM, commissioned by Simon Russel and Marcus de Sautoy. **Commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group with financial assistance from Steve Saltaire as part of the BCMG's Sound Investment Scheme. *Commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group with financial assistance from the following individuals through BCMG's Sound Investment Scheme: Paul Bond, Christopher Carrier and Nicole Hermanns. Synesthesia created by Lamberto Coccioli & Joe Wright of Integra Lab, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Croquis strideurs (2022) 5’ WP** Synesthesia graphic score reimagined 1969) New work (2022) 5’ WP* Synesthesia graphic score reimagined We will also hear BCMG NEXT, our early career musicians perform some of Xenakis’s well-known work.
At this workshop people of all ages were invited to use the free software Synethesia to draw and create their own scores using brush strokes and shapes, inspired by Xenakis’s work, these pieces were then re-instrumented for BCMG performers. We will be performing exciting pieces of his work alongside visuals by animator Simon Russell and mathematician Marcus du Sautoy.Ĭome see, and hear, the selected digital compositions created by young participants in Birmingham during our Drawing Scoring Workshop. Join us for the afternoon celebrations of composer Iannis Xenakis’s centenary! This will be a wonderful day of activity culminating in an evening performance of electro-acoustic music by BCMG and BEAST.ģpm /performing /drawing /scoring CBSO Centre We are proud to celebrate the communal and creative beliefs of Xenakis, by sharing music from young participants in Birmingham and showing the beauty of maths through sensory visuals and sounds. Join us in the afternoon for a family drop-in session Drawing Scoring, talks from our partners at University of Birmingham and PRiSM, and for an invigorating performance from our musicians in the evening. In celebration of revolutionary composer Iannis Xenakis’s centenary, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group have created a festival for all senses, with partners from Sound and Music, University of Birmingham, and PRiSM (Royal Northern College of Music).
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