37 - The Voice of the Birds – The Composer and Ornithologist Olivier Messiaen

He learns from the birds and speaks to them in his own way. He would love to be light as a feather, just like them. He longs to become one with them and hide behind them. Their endless melodies, their extraordinarily varied song, and their infinite diversity of rhythms are his elixir of life. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death in April 2022, we recount Olivier Messiaen’s life story from the perspective of birds.