1. Olivier Messiaen (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992)
2. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11, and numbered Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré among his teachers.
3. he composed in a German Concentration Camp in 1941 while he was arrested.
4. Violin, Piano, Cello, Clarinet
5. One of the main influences he received was from ... Birds ... He liked stay outside, and listen to birds, and try to copy their sounds and incorporate it to his pieces. Also greek and hindoun.
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7. He used bird sounds
8. He liked his music to be straight, and to start it how it ended, and reverse his pieces, to create some kind of symmetry.