Jeanette Yanikian

Jeanette Yanikian (July 1935–February 2008) was a guitarist, performance artist, and therapist who was born in Baghdad, Iraq and worked in the Netherlands.[1][2]

Jeanette Yanikian
BornJuly 1935
Baghdad, Iraq
DiedFebruary 2008 (aged 72–73)
The Netherlands
Occupation(s)Guitarist, performance artist, therapist
Instruments

Career

Yanikian played electric guitar and bass guitar. She performed and recorded the collectively-composed opera Reconstructie (Steim, 1969) by Louis Andriessen, Reinbert de Leeuw, Misha Mengelberg, Peter Schat and Jan van Vijmen (nl), and also recorded several albums with the Dutch new music ensemble, Hoketus. These albums include Tam Tam / Bint (Composers’ Voice, 1981) Balans (Composers’ Voice, 1986) and Mausoleum / Hoketus (Composers’ Voice, 1992).[3]

Working as a visual and sound artist, Yanikian's performance “Aorta” was shown at the 1987 Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria. Based on Yanikian's own research into the processes of the human body, "Aorta" used stethoscopes, intravenous sensors, and other medical equipment to explore the sonic perceptibility of heartbeats, respiration, and circulation.[4]

Personal life and legacy

Yanikian was married to Dutch composer Louis Andriessen in 1996, whom she met in 1957 while he was studying in the Hague. They lived together in Amsterdam and were partners for over 40 years.[5]

She was an active member of the Kommunistiese Partij Nederland/Marxisties Leninisties (KPN/ML).[6]

Yanikian died in 2008 after battling a prolonged illness. Andriessen's five-part opera, La Commedia (2008), and David Lang’s evening-length work for string orchestra, darker (2010), are dedicated to Yanikian.[7][8]

References
  1. "'Ze hebben nogal over me opgeschept'". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  2. Trochimczyk, Maja., ed. (2002). The Music of Louis Andriessen. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0815337892. OCLC 847140043.
  3. "Jeanette Yanikian". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  4. "ARS Electronica ARCHIVE". 90.146.8.18. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  5. O'Mahony, John (27 September 2002). "Louis the first". The Guardian.
  6. Adlington, Robert (2013). Composing Dissent: Avant-garde Music in 1960s Amsterdam. Oxford University Press. p. 279. ISBN 9780199981014.
  7. Kramer, Elizabeth (29 November 2009). "'La Commedia,' Multimedia Opera, awarded Grawemeyer". The Courier-Journal.
  8. "Darker". Red Poppy Music. 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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