MESSIAEN 2008

The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen will be one of the major cultural events in 2008.

The non-profit organization "Messiaen 2008" was created, in agreement with the French foundation Olivier Messiaen, in order to coordinate, prolong and promote the whole series of events that will be dedicated to the composer, as much in France as abroad.

Beyond the performance of Messiaen's works, it's his whole musical, spiritual and poetic universe that will be illustrated. It will in particular draw our attention to the composers from whom he got inspiration (Mozart, Berlioz, Debussy…) and/or the musicians who have been his students/followers. As a matter of fact, Messiaen was a great pedagog. That's why a special collaboration will be proposed to the teaching structures.

This website will be a data carrier, both for a better known of Messiaen's works and for a census of the events envisaged in 2008.

Organization

Honorary presidents

Mrs Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen

Mr Pierre Boulez

Honorary council

Seiji Ozawa, president

Gilbert Amy, Solange Ancona, François Bayle, George Benjamin, André Bon, Jacques Bondon, François Bousch, Roger Boutry, Jacques Casterède, Jacques Charpentier, Nguyen-Thien Dao, Michel Decoust, Didier Denis, Désiré Dondeyne, Bruno Ducol, Michel Fano, Philippe Fénelon, Allain Gaussin, Edvard Hagerup-Bull, Pierre Henry, Jean-Paul Holstein, Betsy Jolas, Milko Kelemen, György Kurtág, Michaël Levinas, Alain Louvier, François-Bernard Mâche, Alain Margoni, Paul Méfano, Serge Nigg, Jean Prodromides, Guy Reibel, Michèle Reverdy, François Rosse, Kimi Sato, Alain Savouret, Dr Akira Tamba, Gilles Tremblay, Susumu Yoshida and Michel Zbar.

Board of directors

Mr Hugues Gall,		president
Mrs Anne Coutard,		vice president
Mrs Anik Lesure,		secretary-general
Mrs Anne-Marie Imbert-Tabaste,		treasurer

Mr Léon Cligman,
Mrs Catherine Massip,
Mr Rémy Pflimlin,

Radio France
French ministry of culture and communication
SACEM
French foreign ministry (Culturesfrance)
Paris Conservatoire

Artistic council

Gilbert Amy, Dominique Boutel, Gilles Delatronchette, Jacques Doucelin, Laurent Feneyrou, Christine Helfrich, Peter Hill, Gerald Hugon, Nicole Jimenez, Alain Keruzoré, Olivier Latry, Jean Leduc, Alain Louvier, Eric Montalbetti, Gaetan Puaud, Nelly Querol, Yves Rolland and Alain Surrans.