Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001)

Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001)

Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001)   Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Yannis. Ianis. Ian. Alias: –   “Art, and, above all, music, has a fundamental function, which is to catalyze the sublimation that it can bring about through...
Portisch, Lajos (1937)

Portisch, Lajos (1937)

Portisch, Lajos (1937) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: Hungarian Botvinnik.     GENERAL INFO Description: Lajos Portisch is a chess master from Hungary. He has qualified for the World Chess Championship...
Danican Philidor, François-André (1726-1795)

Danican Philidor, François-André (1726-1795)

Danican Philidor, François-André (1726-1795) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: –     GENERAL INFO Description: François-André Danican Philidor was a French musician and chess player, considered one of the...
Smyslov, Vasily (1921-2010)

Smyslov, Vasily (1921-2010)

Smyslov, Vasily (1921-2010)   Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Vasilyevich Alias:    GENERAL INFO Description: Vasily Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and World Chess Champion. He was one of the most important...
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)

Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)

Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) Alternative last name spellings: –  Alternative first name spellings: Joseph Alias: –   «Music, I feel it, must be emotional in the first place, and intellectual in the second place».   GENERAL INFO Description: Ravel was a 20th...