Moreover it has performed in opera productions such as Schubert's Fierrabras at the Vienna State Opera, Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise and Berio's Cronaca del luogo at the Salzburg Festival and videos of three operas of Mozart with the producer Peter Sellars.
He recorded several renderings of 20th century music, such as from Schoenberg (Pierrot Lunaire, Erwartung), Varèse, Messiaen, and contemporary American composers (e.g., Elliott Carter, Stefan Wolpe, and George Crumb), mostly with the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, the Orchestra of the 20th Century, and the Ensemble 21.
In the early years of their marriage, several of the Messiaens' holidays were spent at the Château St Benoît, in Neussargues-Moissac - a château, owned by the Delbos family, which Messiaen found conducive to composing, and where much of L'Ascension was written.
Messiaen was inspired by the countryside which surrounded him as he worked on the composition - the Hautes-Alpes with their great mountains - but also the imposing images of Gothic and Romanesque churches, and the ancient monuments of Mexico and Ancient Egypt.
He was inspired by Messiaen's use of birdsong and his unique harmonic ideas, as well as the musics of Bali and India.
She gave the first performance (and subsequently made recordings) as solo ondist in Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie, with Yvonne Loriod taking the solo piano part.
In 1949, he attended seminars on music held at Darmstadt, Germany (including lectures by Leibowitz on twelve-tone technique, and talks by Messiaen and Fortner).
She performed all of Messiaen's works for ondes Martenot, most notably the Turangalîla-Symphonie, which she recorded six times.
In 1968 he was second prize winner (joint prize winner with Japanese pianist Izumi Tateno) at the Messiaen Competition in Royan, France.
Ravel's Shéhérazade (1903) and Messiaen's Poèmes pour mi (1936) are followed by two sets of songs by Henri Dutilleux.
While in transit to the camp, Messiaen showed the clarinetist Henri Akoka, also a prisoner, the sketches for what would become Abîme des oiseaux.
Among other awards, he has won: the Classical Music Award 200 given by European critics in Cannes Midem, Victoires de la Musique and Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros, four times best soundtrack during the World subaquatic Movies Festival in Antibes, The Choice of Gramophon, Best of the Year 2001 in Audiophile, and Choc in Le Monde de la Musique for his interpretation of the Turangalîla-Symphonie by Messiaen.