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A composer from this country who expressed a desire to “blow the opera houses up” clashed with his teacher over a ten-movement symphony that contains “love” and “statue” themes. Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho became influenced by spectralism while studying in this country’s IRCAM (“eer-cam”) institute. The clarinet plays solo in the “Abyss of the Birds” movement of a chamber piece that a composer from this country wrote in a prisoner of war camp. A whip-crack opens a jazz-inspired piano concerto by a composer from this country who also wrote an orchestral piece that uses a repetitive snare drum ostinato, his Boléro. For 10 points, name this home country of Olivier Messiaen and Maurice Ravel. ■END■
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Xu | UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms | USC | 54 | 10 |
| Karthik Jayaram | UCLA A | UCI | 56 | 10 |
| Andrew Nucci | UCLA B | UCSD What Hath God Wrought | 59 | 10 |
| Anvit Watwani | UCLA C | UCLA D | 97 | 10 |
| Jackson Crickard | Claremont Pitzer | UCSB | 98 | 10 |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 04/19/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 96.67 |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 04/19/2025 | Y | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0.00 |
| 2025 ACF Nationals | 2025-08-09 | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 75.20 |
| Great Lakes | Main | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 92.67 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 65.57 |
| Midwest | Main | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 94.10 |
| North | Main | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 9% | 85.91 |
| Northeast | Main | Y | 5 | 80% | 0% | 40% | 84.50 |
| California | Main | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 65.20 |
| Pacific Northwest | Main | Y | 12 | 92% | 0% | 17% | 81.55 |
| South Central | Main | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 85.00 |
| Southeast | Main | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 9% | 78.00 |
| UK | Main | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 53.50 |
| Upstate NY | Main | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 77.63 |
| Overflow | Main | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 76.00 |
| Canada | Main | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 72.80 |
| Florida | Main | Y | 13 | 100% | 0% | 15% | 80.77 |