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Our review of the documentary Xenakis revolution: the sound builder, on Arte

2022-05-22T05:17:19.645Z


CRITICISM - On the occasion of the centenary of this protean genius (1922-2001), a documentary splits the armor of the rebellious composer. A film not to be missed this Sunday, May 22 at quarter past midnight on Arte, followed by a concert by the extraordinary musician, and on arte.tv


The Mediterranean stirs the azure blue of its waves before his eyes.

Like Salomé making her seven veils dance, she seems to exert on the composer a fascination that is both visceral and deadly, alpha and omega of a work that seems to have wanted to marry its arbitrary and wild movements.

“I find it here, in these lights and these sounds of storm”

, remembers with melancholy Mâkhi Xenakis.

On the shore of this creek worthy of a story by Homer, at the Corsican tip of Valinco, the daughter of the illustrious composer evokes her childhood memories.

Those incredible summers spent cruising the coast in a kayak, Iannis Xenakis and his dog in one boat, his wife, Françoise, and their daughter, Mâkhi, in the other.

With only a few pans, a tent and ten kilos of mathematics books, carefully isolated from the foaming waves, as their only equipment.

"Where we are only entitled to a swimsuit, panties and a dress"

, ironically Françoise in an archive document, without…

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Source: lefigaro

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