The ST-X Ensemble is an American ensemble dedicated to performing the music of
Iannis Xenakis. It was formed in
New York City in 1994 by the conductor
Charles Zachary Bornstein, who had served as an assistant conductor to
Leopold Stokowski, and was the last private student of the Austrian musical conductor
Hans Swarowsky
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Swarowsky was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied the art of conducting under Felix Weingartner and Richard Strauss. Jiří Vysloužil, ...
. He formed the music to promote performances of Xenakis's music in the United States after learning that most of the performances of that composer's music took place outside the United State
The ensemble has released CDs on the
Mode Records, Mode and Asphodel labels. It has collaborated with
DJ Spooky
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External links
ST-X Ensemble pageST-X Ensemble page
* ttp://freeform.wfmu.org/~kennyg/popular/articles/xenakis.html ST-X Ensemble review
Contemporary classical music ensembles
Musical groups established in 1994
Musical groups from New York City
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