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The Conservatoire de Paris is a music college
Music College

Music Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist school in the United Kingdom. The system enables Education in England#Secondary Education to specialise in certain fields, in this case, music....
 founded in 1795, based in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It offers instruction in music and drama of the highest standards, drawing on the traditions of the "French School."

In 1946 it was split into two "Conservatoires," one for acting, theatre and drama, known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique (CNSAD), and the other for music and dance, the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP).






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The Conservatoire de Paris is a music college
Music College

Music Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist school in the United Kingdom. The system enables Education in England#Secondary Education to specialise in certain fields, in this case, music....
 founded in 1795, based in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It offers instruction in music and drama of the highest standards, drawing on the traditions of the "French School."

In 1946 it was split into two "Conservatoires," one for acting, theatre and drama, known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique (CNSAD), and the other for music and dance, the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP). It is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Communication.

Paris Theatre Du Conservatoire

History


Origins

The origins of the Paris Conservatoire can be traced back to the creation of the École Royale de Chant (Literally translated as The Royal School of Singing), by decree of Louis XIV on 28 June 1669. It was reconstituted by the composer Gossec in 1784.

In 1793, the Ecole Royale was combined with a school for musicians of the National Guard, and named the Institut National de Musique.

In 1795, the National Convention
National Convention

During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative Deliberative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 ....
 refounded it as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, and the Conservatoire's first 350 pupils commenced in October 1796.

Present


By the 1940s it had grown and become one of the biggest and most prestigious Conservatories in Europe. In 1946 the Conservatoire was split into two Conservatories; one for music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 and dance
Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to Motion of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of Emotional expression, social social interaction or presented in a spirituality or performance setting....
, and one for the dramatic arts.

Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique
The "Conservatoire National Superieur d'Art Dramatique" is the Conservatory for Acting, Dance, Drama, and Theatre. This is often simply known by its acronym CNSAD.

This Conservatoire continues to reside in the original historical building of the Conservatoire de Paris on the "Rue du Conservatoire" in the 9th arrondissement
Arrondissements of Paris

The City of Paris is divided into twenty Municipal arrondissements of France, more simply referred to as arrondissements . These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements of France, which subdivide the one hundred French departments of France....
 of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. Free public performances by students at the CNSAD are frequently given in the Conservatoire's theatre.

Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse
The "Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris" (" National Superior Conservatory of Paris for Music and Dance", acronym CNSMDP) is now a separate Conservatory for Music and Dance. The French government has invested millions of Euros in its new campus, which is located in the 19th arrondissement
Arrondissement

An arrondissement is an administrative division in France, most of the nations which were its former colonies in Africa and some other French-speaking nations, as well as in Belgium and the Netherlands....
 of Paris.

The organ
Pipe organ

The pipe organ is a keyboard musical instrument that produces sound by venting mechanically compressed air through resonant Organ pipe. Each pipe produces sound at one fixed pitch, so they are provided in sets or "ranks" with one pipe or more per note, each rank having a common timbre and loudness throughout....
 on site was built in 1991 by Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n firm

Students

A listing of former students can be found at List of former students of the Conservatoire de Paris
List of former students of the Conservatoire de Paris

This is a partial listing of former students of the Conservatoire de Paris*Marie-Claire Alain *Jean Delphin Alard *Charles-Valentin Alkan *Maurice Andr? ...


Former teachers

A listing of former teachers can be found at List of former teachers at the Conservatoire de Paris
List of former teachers at the Conservatoire de Paris

This is a partial listing of former teachers at the Conservatoire de Paris.* Pierre Schaeffer * Adolphe Adam * Jean Delphin Alard * Napol?on Alkan * Joseph Jean Baptiste Laurent Arban ...


Current teachers

  • Olivier Baumont (*1960) Professor of Harpsichord, 2001-)
  • Michel Bouvard (Professor of Organ, 1995-)
  • Françoise Gangloff (Professor of Musical Analysis)
  • Claude Ledoux (Professor of Musical Analysis)
  • Claude Delangle (Professor of Saxophone, 1989-)
  • Olivier Latry
    Olivier Latry

    Olivier Latry was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France on February 22 1962 and is a French organist, improviser and Professor of Organ in the Conservatoire de Paris....
     (*1962) (Professor of Organ, 1995-)
  • Frédéric Durieux
    Frédéric Durieux

    Fr?d?ric Durieux is a noted France composer of orchestral, vocal and chamber works. He is currently professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire National Sup?rieur....
     (Professor of Composition)
  • Stefano Gervasoni
    Stefano Gervasoni

    Stefano Gervasoni is an Italy composer.A prot?g? of Luigi Nono, Gervasoni studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan.In 1995 he became composer in residence at the Villa M?dicis in Rome....
     (Professor of Composition)
  • Gérard Pesson (Professor of Composition)


See also


  • Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
  • Conservatoire
  • Prix de Rome
    Prix de Rome

    The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students. It was created in 1663 in France under the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual burse for promising artists who proved their talents by completing a very difficult elimination contest....


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