Olivier Messiaen
Sound · Original Music Composer · Music · Writer
Born Dec 10, 1908 · Avignon, France
Active 1965–1992 · Awards: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commander of the Order of the Crown, Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Erasmus Prize, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, Berliner Kunstpreis
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century.
Filmography
DON'T STARE (2025) — MusicCinema Exercises (2007) — Musical CastingBenilde or the Virgin Mother (1975) — MusicQuartet for the End of Time (1983) — Original Music ComposerSaint François d'Assise (2009) — Original Music Composer · Music · WriterLondon Symphony Orchestra: Bruckner & Messiaen (2018) — MusicThe Window Cleaner (1968) — MusicThe Great Rehearsals: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum (1965) — MusicQuartet for the End of Time (2017) — Original Music ComposerThe Last Summer (1969) — NovelOlivier Messiaen: The Turangalîla-Symphonie Orchestre de Paris (2022) — Original Music ComposerPierre-Laurent Aimard Performs Olivier Messiaen (2021) — Original Music ComposerPeace Project With Patricia Kopatchinskaja (2024) — Original Music Composer