Iannis Xenakis and systems thinking

This paper focuses on the link between the musical thought of Iannis Xenakis and theories of systems thinking. It will be demonstrated how the composer interprets in his musical thought, concepts of systems thinking, such as markovian stochastic music, or in the formulation of second order sonorities, which resulted in the formation of a new music paradigm. Finally, we shall examine how these lines of thought evolved, as for instance in the music of Agostino Di Scipio or in my own music