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Explore is a platform for viewing and contributing to creative content around the music and ideas of Olivier Messiaen. Come back and check out Explore as it keeps growing.

Synaesthesia and Improvisation

Royal Academy of Music

Synaesthesia and Improvisation

Friday, 15 February

Messiaen's synaesthetic experience of music is the basis for this practical exploration of colour and sound for improvising musicians.

Pianomations

Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Pianomations

Sunday, 17 February

The premiere screening of a new film created by animation students from Kingston University, accompanied by the London Sinfonietta performing music from Messiaen's `Quartet for the End of Time'.

Me, Myself,  Messiaen and I

Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Me, Myself, Messiaen and I

Thursday, 6 November

A film exploring Messiaen's synasthaesia by pupils from Holy Trinity Primary School in Lambeth, London.

Messiaen's Parade of Birds

Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Messiaen's Parade of Birds

Thursday, 6 November

Pupils from Jubilee Primary School in Lambeth, London worked with artists Robert Worby and Reza Ben Gajra to make animated films in response to the music of French composer Olivier Messiaen.

Three Movements

Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Three Movements

Thursday, 6 November

New music created by GCSE Music students from Dunraven Secondary School in Lambeth, London.




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