Olivier Messiaen
Nationality: French
Born: 1908-1992
Education/Training:
Assignments:
Professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire
Curious Facts:
Born: 1908-1992
Education/Training:
He entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 11 and studied with Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré; in 1941 he was appointed a professor of harmony at the Conservatoire, and in 1966 he became a professor of composition there. Boulez, Stockhausen and Xenakis were some of his students
Assignments:
Professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire
Curious Facts:
Prisioner: After the fall of France in 1940, Messiaen was made a prisioner of war; while incarcerated he composed the famous Quatour pour la fin du temps for piano, violin, cello and clarinet (the instruments avaible to the prisoners).
REPERTOIRE: Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine (Three small liturgies of the Divine Presence)
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
| Haydn + Messiaen | May 3, 2009 |
REPERTOIRE: 1. Antienne de la Conversation intérieure (Anthem of the interior Conversation)
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
| Haydn + Messiaen | May 3, 2009 |
REPERTOIRE: 2. Séquence du Verbe, Cantique Divin (Sequence of the World, Divine Canticle)
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
| Haydn + Messiaen | May 3, 2009 |
REPERTOIRE: 3. Psalmodie de l'Ubiquité par amour (Psalmody of the Ubiquity of Love)
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
| Haydn + Messiaen | May 3, 2009 |
REPERTOIRE: O sacrum convivium!
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
| Cantos Sagrados | Nov 17, 2001 |
