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Uploaded by on Oct 13, 2006

Iannis Xenakis

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  • Narration: This piece Herma was given its world premier performance by Yuji Takahashi in Tokyo in 1962.

    Although he was a specialist in contemporary music, it was very hard for him to play this piece. When playing Herma in Paris, he cut his fingers by the keyboard and his nails were broken and peeled off.

    Xenakis followed Socrates' motto "An unexamined life is not worth living."

    He tried to torment himself. His uncompromising attitude taught Yuji that music is a struggle against something.

  • Both he and his sister Aki Takahashi play "Herma"; my impression is that Yuji makes it sound like a superhuman effort; Aki plays it as if it were simple.

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  • @pelodelperro Haha. good point!

  • @mamascarlatti Anyone who knows the score can tell if he hits the wrong note. You know: it's written.

  • @mamascarlatti You should look at the score before commenting. You would discover that your comment is a nonsense.

  • 現代曲を弾きこなす人では 一番この人が好き 独特な味わい深さがあっていい

  • 「楽譜を見ながらやってる暇はない」www

  • Hit a wrong note at 0:29

  • Seriously, would anybody notice if he hit a wrong note? Or a whole series of them?Are you going to tell me that even Xenakis would notice? Feels like the Emperor's new clothes to me.

  • Terrible 'music', atonal nonsense.

  • Unbelievable.

  • he has a typical musician hairstyle

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