>Sunday, 4 February, 2001, 15:01 GMT >Xenakis, modern composer, dies > >The leading contemporary music composer, Yannis >Xenakis, has died in France at the age of >seventy-eight. > >Xenakis, born in Romania into a family of Greek >origin, invented a new music style using computers. > >He was also a reputed mathematician and architect. > >Xenakis moved to Paris in 1947 because of his political >beliefs after fighting with the Greek resistance during >the second world war. > >The French president, Jacques Chirac, said the country >had lost one of its most brilliant artists. > >>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
