Oct 20-22, 2011: This year’s Vancouver New Music Festival will focus on Iannis Xenakis. The festival features three nights of concerts devoted to Xenakis, with performances by New York’s JACK Quartet, Montreal-based clarinetist and improviser Lori Freedman, Vancouver’s Fringe Percussion, and more.

Sharon Kanach, director of the Xenakis Project of the Americas, and Xenakis scholar James Harley will provide an introduction to each night’s concerts. In addition, XPA is partnering with the Canadian Music Centre to bring the exhibition “Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary” to Vancouver from September 30 to October 18.

For more information, please visit the Vancouver New Music Festival website.