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Celebrating the Music and Legacy
of Iannis Xenakis
May 24–25, 2013

The Fields Institute, together with the Perimeter Institute and the Institute for Quantum Computing in Waterloo present a two-day festival of contemporary string quartet, percussion, and electroacoustic music, together with lectures and discussion on the impact of Xenakis's work
 
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013
 
10:00 a.m. MORNING LECTURE FREE  
  The Fields Institute, Toronto
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  John Mighton
Introduction

Sharon Kanach
"The era of scientific and philosophical arts has begun." — Iannis Xenakis
   
12:00 p.m. NOON CONCERT $20/$10  
  Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
  MAP
   
  Iannis Xenakis
   Okho For three Djembes
   Diego Espinosa, Aiyun Huang, and David Schotzko

   Tetora For String Quartet
   JACK Quartet

   ST-4/1,080262 For String Quartet
   JACK Quartet
   
3:00 p.m. AFTERNOON LECTURES FREE  
  The Fields Institute, Toronto
  MAP
   
  James Harley
Xenakis: Stochastics to Sieves to Random Walks

Daniel Hambleton
The Interdisciplinary Work of Iannis Xenakis
   
8:00 p.m. EVENING CONCERT $35/$20
  Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
  MAP
   
  Iannis Xenakis
   Psappha
   Alessandro Valiante

   Rebonds For Solo Percussion
   Noam Bierstone and Greg Samek

   Pleiades for percussion sextet
   Claviers: McGill Percussion ensemble
   Peaux: University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble

   Intermission

   Ergma for string quartet
   JACK Quartet

   Tetras for string quartet
   JACK Quartet
 
SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013
 
1:00 p.m. GRAINS OF SOUND: A CONCERT OF ELECTROACOUSTICS, VIDEO, AND ROBOTIC PERFORMERS $20/$10
  Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum Nano Centre, Waterloo
  MAP
   
  Iannis Xenakis
   Concret PH

Edgar Varese
   Poème électronique

Jim Harley
   Night-flowering...not even sand

Curtis Roads
   Sculptor, Pictor Alpha, Epicurus

Arne Eigenfeldt
    Roboterstück

Arne Eigenfeldt
   Coming Together: NotomotoN
   Richard Burrows and Karmetik NotomotoN robotic performers

Jean Piché
    Océanes
   
3:00 p.m. PANEL SESSION: MUSIC AND ALGORHYTHMS FREE to ticket holders for noon or evening concerts
  Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum Nano Centre, Waterloo
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  John Mighton (Fields Institute)
Raymond Laflamme (Institute for Quantum Computing)
Laurent Friedel (Perimeter Institute)
Arne Eigenfeldt
Rob Wannamaker
Curtis Roads
   
5:00 p.m. PERSEPHASSA FREE  
  Waterloo Park Cricket Pitch, Waterloo
  MAP
   
  Iannis Xenakis
   Persephassa
   TorQ, Aiyun Huang, Morris Palter
   
8:00 p.m. SOUND SHAPES FEATURING THE JACK QUARTET $35/$20
  Perimeter Institute, Waterloo
  MAP
   
  John Cage
   String Quartet in Four Parts

Helmut Lachenmann
   String Quartet no. 3, "Grido"

   Intermission

Rob Wannamaker
   Three Test Signals

Hans Abrahamsen
   String Quartet No. 4