I-France izogubha iminyaka eyikhulu kwazalwa umqambi Olivier Messiaen ngonyaka ozayo 2008, namakhonsathi angaphezu kuka-175. U-Mesiaen, owazalwa ngoDisemba 10, 1908 e-Avignon futhi wafa ngo-1992, ubhekwa njengomunye wabaqambi ababaluleke kakhulu bekhulu lama-XNUMX.
Amakhonsathi okuqala azoba seParis ngoJanuwari 2008, nawo wokuhlonipha UKarlheinz Stockhausen e U-Iannis Xenakis, abanye abaqambi ababili kanye namakhonsathi angaphezu kuka-600 azobe esemhlabeni wonke emazweni angaba ngu-27.