Xenakis – Heidegger: Common Paradigms of Worldview
Xenakis – Heidegger: Common Paradigms of Worldview

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a study of piano work by Iannis Xenakis in connection with the peculiarities of the composer’s personality. A comparison is made between Martin Heidegger's philosophy and the writings of Iannis Xenakis. Biographical paradigms of I. Xenakis’s compositions with the focus on his opuses for piano accompanied by a symphony orchestra, are studied. The primary themes of the composer's work including antiquity, alienation, loss of mother, experience of a trauma are established. The philosophical aspects of the compositions Eonta, Synaphaï, Erikhthon, and Kegrops are compared with the concepts of Heidegger's Being and Time. The issue of “being thrown into being” mentioned by M. Heidegger is investigated in I. Xenakis’ Concert Erikhthon. It is concluded that I. Xenakis and M. Heidegger share common views on the unity of the ancient Greek philosophical foundation and its relation to the modern world.

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