Conservatoire de Paris

The Conservatoire de Paris, full contemporary name Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, has been central to the evolution of music in France and Western Europe.

Former students

• Jean Delphin Alard (1815–1888)
• Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
• Jean-Pierre Aumont (1911–2001)
• Joseph Bonnet (1884–1944)
• Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956)
• Philip Corner (1933–)
• Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826)
• George Benjamin (1960–)
• Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
• Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
• Pierre Boulez (1925–-)
• Alfred Cortot (1877–1962)
• Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
• Theodore Dubois (1837–1924)
• Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
• Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
• Henri Dutilleux (1916–)
• George Enescu (1881–1955)
• Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972)
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883)
• Peter-Lukas Graf (1929–)
• Reynaldo Hahn
• Jacques Halévy (1799–1862)
• Henri Herz (1803–1888)
• Dr. Norman J. Hunt (1921 - 1984)
• Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
• Charles Koechlin
• Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
• Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
• Alexandre Luigini (1850–1906)
• Neville Marriner (1924–)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
• Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
• Pierre Monteux (1875–1964)
• Ginette Neveu, (1919–1949)
• Gabriel Pierné
• Georges Prêtre (1924–)
• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
• Gabrielle Réjane (1856–1920)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
• Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
• Jacques Thibaud (1880–1953)
• Paul Tortelier (1914–1990)
• Ricardo Viñes (1876–1943)