Probably the only classical composer to have a mountain named after him (Mount Messiaen, Utah, 1978), Messiaen is among ... 1950s he had an international standing and a generation of young composers ...

Meet Olivier Messiaen – the bird-mad composer who used birdsong to create some of the most startlingly original music of all time. It all started in springtime... in a prisoner of war camp ...

In March 1945, the classical music world in Paris split into warring camps after the premiere of Olivier Messiaen’s two-hour devotional suite for solo piano, Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus. The ...