[Thor Joachim Haga]

This sumptous orchestral score totally blew me away in 2011. Chen is Chinese, but moved to France in his early 30s and became the last student of Olivier Messiaen, no less. He’s mostly written concert music, but a few scores as well. I should really set aside time to explore his other work some day, based on this brilliant effort. Plus, it’s given me an idea for a new topic.