To what country did Iannis Xenakis flee in the same year that Mark Kidel was born?
Iannis Xenakis Iannis Xenakis (Greek: Γιάννης (Ιάννης) Ξενάκης ] ; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born, Greek-French composer, music theorist, architect, and engineer. After 1947, he fled Greece, becoming a naturalized citizen of France. He is considered an important post-World War II composer whose works helped revolutionize 20th century classical music.
Mdivani The Mdivani (Georgian: მდივანი ) is a Georgian aristocratic family. In the West, the best known bearers of this name were the children of General Zakhari Mdivani and his wife Elizabeth. The five siblings fled to Paris after the Soviet invasion of Georgia in 1921, and became known as the "Marrying Mdivanis", as they all married into wealth and fame.