Welcome
Welcome to oliviermessiaen.net, the website of the Boston University Messiaen Project [BUMP] dedicated to the French composer, organist and teacher Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). This site is currently being updated in preparation for the next conference of the Messiaen Project.
Conference 2012: Re-thinking Messiaen's Organ Music
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the composer's death we are planning a conference that will re-examine his organ music. The conference will be held in Boston in the fall of 2012 with a possible sister conference in Amsterdam the following year. A proceedings will be published and further details will appear on this site as they are available.
Andrew Shenton, editor