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Olivier Messiaen

French composer, organist and ornithologist1908 to 1992

Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Teachers and mentors8

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Charles-Marie Widor
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Fernande Decruck
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Georges Falkenberg
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jean Gallon
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Marcel Dupré
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Maurice Emmanuel
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Noël Gallon
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Paul Dukas

Taught52

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Tālivaldis Ķeniņš
born 1919
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
André Hodeir
born 1921
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Odette Gartenlaub
born 1922
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Poul Rovsing Olsen
born 1922
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Maurice Le Roux
born 1923
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Claude Ballif
born 1924
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Erzsébet Szőnyi
born 1924
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Monique Gabus
born 1924
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Yvonne Loriod
born 1924
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Marius Constant
born 1925
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Mikis Theodorakis
born 1925
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Pierre Boulez
born 1925
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Betsy Jolas
born 1926
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ton de Leeuw
born 1926
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Juan Allende-Blin
born 1928
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Marie-Véra Maixandeau
born 1929
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Pierrette Mari
born 1929
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Elmar Seidel
born 1930
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Manuel Carra
born 1931
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Alexander Goehr
born 1932
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
François Bayle
born 1932
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ida Gotkovsky
born 1933
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jean-Claude Henry
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Marian Borkowski
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Pierre Ancelin
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Xavier Darasse
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Amando Blanquer
born 1935
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
José Enrique Ayarra Jarne
born 1937
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Rainer Boesch
born 1938
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Georgi Minchev
born 1939
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Nguyen-Thien Dao
born 1940
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Giorgos Kouroupos
born 1942
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Joanna Bruzdowicz
born 1943
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado
born 1943
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Julio Estrada
born 1943
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Michèle Reverdy
born 1943
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jennifer Bate
born 1944
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gérard Grisey
born 1946
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Susumu Yoshida
born 1947
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Tristan Murail
born 1947
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gisèle Barreau
born 1948
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Bruno Ducol
born 1949
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Kimi Sato
born 1949
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Lourival Silvestre
born 1949
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Michaël Levinas
born 1949
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gerald Levinson
born 1951
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Qigang Chen
born 1951
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Nicolas Panagopoulos
born 1954
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Hüseyin Sermet
born 1955
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Pascal Dusapin
born 1955
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
George Benjamin
born 1960
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Alexandros Kalogeras
born 1961

Education and career4

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from 1919
Conservatoire de Paris
studied
1934 to 1939
École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot
worked
from 1941
Conservatoire de Paris
worked
undated
Schola Cantorum de Paris
worked

At a glance

known as: composer, organist, ornithologist, music educator, musicologist, music theorist, pianist, university teacher, musician, librettist
awards: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, 1986, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commander of the Order of the Crown, 1990, Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 1979, Erasmus Prize, 1971, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, 1977, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, 1975, Berliner Kunstpreis, 1984, Wihuri Sibelius Prize, 1971, Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, 1985, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, 1975, honorary doctor of the University of Sydney, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, 1980, Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music, Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Large-Scale Composition), 1990, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, 1983, Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown, 1982
member of: Academy of Arts of the GDR, Jeune France, Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Académie des beaux-arts, Consilium ad exsequendam Constitutionem de Sacra Liturgia
notable works: Saint François d'Assise, Éclairs sur l'au-delà..., Thème et variations, Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine, Quatre Études de rythme
Wikipedia: in 65 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaOlivier Messiaen
stated by WikidataWikidataQ151593
stated by WikidataVIAF104038300
stated by WikidataGND118832794
stated by WikidataIdRef027025217
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121462421

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@misc{academicancestry_Q151593,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Olivier Messiaen: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q151593},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Olivier Messiaen: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q151593