IFransi iya kubhiyozela iminyaka elikhulu yokuzalwa komqambi UOlivier Messiaen kunyaka ozayo 2008, kunye ngaphezu 175 iikonsathi. UMesiya, owazalwa ngoDisemba 10, 1908 eAvignon waza wafa ngowe-1992, ugqalwa njengomnye wabaqambi ababalulekileyo benkulungwane yama-XNUMX.
Iikonsathi zokuqala ziya kubanjelwa eParis ngoJanuwari 2008, kwakhona ngembeko UKarlheinz Stockhausen e UIannis Xenakis, abanye abaqambi ababini kunye neekonsathi ezingaphezu kwama-600 ziya kube zisehlabathini lonke kumazwe angama-27.