In 2020/2021 Peter Asimov, PhD in Musicology (University of Cambridge), was granted a Wiener-Anspach postdoctoral fellowship to undertake a research project entitled “Toward a theory of paratextual practices in musical composition: the case of Olivier Messiaen’s writings”, under the supervision of Prof. Valérie Dufour (Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, ULB).