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 teachers

• Adolphe Adam (Composition, 1849–1856)
• Jean Delphin Alard (Professor of Violin, 1843–1875)
• Pierre Baillot (Professor of Violin)
• François Bazin (harmony)
• Eugene Benoist (organ)
• Joseph Bonnet (1884–1944)
• Ernest Boulanger, father of Nadia Boulanger
• William Christie (1944–)
• Daniel Deffayet (Professor of Saxophone, 1968-1990?)
• Theodore Dubois (Director, 1896–1905)
• Louise Farrenc (Professor of Piano, 1842–1873)
• Gabriel Fauré (Director, 1905)
• César Franck (Professor of Organ, 1872–1890)
• Charles Gounod (composition)
• Ernest Guiraud
• André Lafosse
• Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931)
• Rodolphe Kreutzer (Professor of Violin, 1795–1826)
• Jean François Lesueur (1795–1802)
• Marcel Mule (Professor of Saxophone, 1942-1968)
• Antoine Marmontel (piano)
• Jules Massenet (composition, harmony)
• Olivier Messiaen (Professor of Harmony, Composition)
• Alberto Ponce Guitar
• Adolphe Sax (Professor of Saxophone, 18__-1870)
• Pierre Sancan
• Paul Vidal
• Charles-Marie Widor (Professor of Organ, 1890)