Conservatoire de Paris

Famous alumni

Paris Conservatoire has been central to the evolution of music in France, and in western Europe and lists amoungst its former students:

• Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
• Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
• Theodore Dubois (1837-1924)
• Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
• Alexandre Luigini (1850-1906)
• Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

Former teachers include

• Ernest Boulanger, father of Nadia Boulanger
• Theodore Dubois (Director 1896-1905)
• Gabriel_Faure (Director 1905)
• Cesar Franck (Professor of Organ 1872-1890)
• Ernest Guiraud
• Adolphe Sax
• Charles Widor (Professor of Organ 1890)