Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger (September 16, 1887 – October 22, 1979) was an influential composer, conductor, and music professor. She taught many of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th century.

Family Influences

Nadia Boulanger's grandmother was the singer Juliette Boulanger. Her grandfather, Frédérick Boulanger won first prize in violoncello in his fifth year (1797) at the recently founded Paris Conservatoire. Her father, Ernest Boulanger, later studied at the same conservatory (his teachers included Charles-Valentin Alkan), and won the Prix de Rome in 1835. He later taught there, where he met Nadia's mother, the Russian Princess, Raissa Myshetskaya.

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Juliette Boulanger - Frédérick Boulanger - Paris Conservatoire - Ernest Boulanger - Charles-Valentin Alkan - Prix de Rome - 1835 - Raissa Myshetskaya

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Boulanger's life was largely centered around her love for her sister, Lili Boulanger, who was six years younger. Lili was one of Nadia's first composition students, and it was under her guidance that Lili became the first woman to ever win the Prix de Rome (1913).

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Lili Boulanger - Prix de Rome - 1913

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