Zyia



Dated: 1952
Instrumentation: soprano, men's choir (ten minimum), flute and piano
Timing: 10'
Premiere: April 5, 1994 at the Festival Musique Contemporaine d'Evreux in Evreux, France, performed by Les Jeunes Solistes, Cécile Daroux (flute), Dimitri Vassiliakis (piano) and Dominique Gaucet (soprano), conducted by Rachid Safir
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Published: Editions Salabert EAS 19195


Xenakis also composed 'Zyia Kathisto', a piano trio, afterwards turning into a pianoduo. It is unclear to me wheteher this is another version of the same composition.
Recording available from Magyar Rádió MR 011