The 1985 Laureates / Creative Arts and Moral Sciences Category / Music

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Olivier Messiaen

France / December 10, 1908-1992
Composer

Workshop

Symposium: "LaJournée avec Olivier Messiaen"

Chairperson: Makoto Moroi
Member, Kyoto Prize Committee in Creative Arts and Moral Sciences;
Composer

10:00
Introductory Remarks
Kazuo Inamori
President, The Inamori Foundation
10:03
Opening Remarks
Toru Yano
Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee in Creative Arts and Moral Sciences;
Professor, Kyoto University
10:10
Speech
"Religion and Philosophy in the Music of Messiaen"
Takeshi Umehara
Member, Kyoto Prize Committee in Creative Arts and Moral Sciences
10:30 
Lecture
"Téchnique de mon Language Musical -après 1945-"
Olivier Messiaen
Laureate in Creative Arts and Moral Sciences
12:00
Luncheon
13:00 
Speech
"The Position of Messiaen in the Music of France"
Kazuyuki Toyama
Member, Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Creative Arts and Moral Sciences;
Music Critic
13:15
Commemorative Performance: Extracts from
"Vingt Regards sur L'enfant Jsus"
Piano: Yvonne Loriod
13:55
Intermission
14:00 
Symposium
"Olivier Messiaen and the Music of the 20th Century"
Coordinator: Takashi Funayama
Member, Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Creative Arts and Moral Sciences: Professor, Tokyo University of Arts
Panelist: Kuniharu Akiyama
Professor, Tama College of Art
Akimichi Takeda
Assistant Professor, Masashino College Music
Eisei Tsujii
Professor, Soai University
Kunio Toda
Professor, Senzoku Gakuen University
Masaaki Niwa
Member, Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Creative Arts and Moral Sciences; Professor, Toho College of Music
15:30
Coffee break
 
15:45
Praise for Messiaen I
Greetings: H.Puig-Rogét
Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Arts
Sadao Bekku
Professor, Chuo University
Toru Takemitsu
Composer
16:15
Praise for Messiaen II
Performance: "Visions de l'amen" for Two Pianos
Piano: Kaori Kimura
Kazuoki Fujii
16:45
Praise for Messiean III
Hans Åstland
Secretary-General, Swedish Royal Academy of Music
16:55
Closing Remarks
Makoto Moroi