# List of former teachers at the Conservatoire de Paris

This is a partial list of former teachers at the Conservatoire de Paris.

## Brass

* Joseph Jean Baptiste Laurent Arban (Cornet, 1869–1874)
* Merri Franquin (Trumpet, 1894–1925)

## Composition, harmony, and music theory

* Adolphe Adam (Composition, 1849–1856)
* Claude Ballif (Professor of analysis)
* François Bazin (harmony)
* Marcel Bitsch (Professor of Counterpoint/Fugue, 1956–1988)
* François-Joseph Fétis (Professor of composition and harmony, 1821–1832)
* Charles Gounod (composition)
* Jules Massenet (composition, harmony)
* Jules Mazellier (composition)
* Olivier Messiaen (Professor of Harmony, 1941, Professor of Composition, 1966)
* Serge Nigg (Professor of Orchestration)
* Pierre Pincemaille (Professor of Counterpoint, 1956–2018)
* Henri Reber Professor of Harmony, 1851–1862; Professor of Composition, 1862–1871)
* Anton Reicha (Professor of Counterpoint/Fugue, 1818–1836)
* Paul Rougnon (Professor of music theory, 1873–1921)

## Conducting and ensemble directors

* Jean-Sébastien Béreau (Professor of Orchestra Conducting)
* Gabriel Grovlez (Professor of Chamber music 1939–194_)

## Directors of the Conservatoire de Paris

* Luigi Cherubini (Director, 1822–1842)
* Théodore Dubois (Director, 1896–1905)
* Gabriel Fauré (Director, 1905)
* Francisco Salvador-Daniel (Briefly director during the Commune of Paris, 1871)
* Ambroise Thomas (Director, 1871–1896)

## Keyboards

* François Benoist (Professor of Organ, 1819–1872)
* Michel Chapuis (organist) (Professor of Organ, 1986–1995)
* Lucette Descaves (Professor of Piano, 1941–1976)
* Marcel Dupré (Professor of Organ, 1926–1955, Director 1954–1956)
* Alphonse Duvernoy (Professor of Piano)
* Rolande Falcinelli (Professor of Organ, 1954–1986)
* Louise Farrenc (Professor of Piano, 1842–1873)
* César Franck (Professor of Organ, 1872–1890)
* Eugene Gigout (Professor of Organ, 1911–1925)
* Alexandre Guilmant (Professor of Organ, 1896–1911)
* Antoine Marmontel (piano)
* Yves Nat (pianist, 1890–1956)
* Isidor Philipp (Professor of Piano, 1893–1934)
* Pierre Sancan (Professor of Piano, 1956–1985)
* Nicolas Séjan (Professor of Organ, 1795–1802)
* Charles-Marie Widor (Professor of Organ, 1890–1896)
* Aimée Van de Wiele (Professor of Harpsichord)

## Music history

* Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray, (Professor of Music History/Theory, 1878–1908)
* William Christie (1944– ), lecturer in early music

## Strings

* Jean Delphin Alard (Professor of Violin, 1843–1875)
* Pierre Baillot (Professor of Violin)
* Serge Blanc (violinist)
* Olivier Charlier (Professor of Violin)
* Serge Collot (Professor of Viola, 1969–1989)
* Théophile Laforge (Professor of Viola, 1894–1918)
* Rodolphe Kreutzer (Professor of Violin, 1795–1826)
* Martin Marsick (violin, 1847–1924)
* Edouard Nanny (1892–1942, Professor of Double Bass)
* Alberto Ponce Guitar
* Pierre Rode (Professor of Violin, 1795–1803)
* Maurice Vieux (Professor of Viola, 1918– )

## Voice

* Napoléon Alkan (Professor of solfège, brother of Charles-Valentin Alkan)
* Marc Bonnehée (singing)
* Ernest Boulanger, professor of singing and father of Nadia Boulanger
* Léon David, professor of voice (1924–1937)
* Adolphe Danhauser (1835–1896), professor of solfege
* Manuel García, professor of voice

## Woodwinds

* Michel Arrignon (Professor of Clarinet, 1989–2009)
* Frédéric Berr (Professor of Clarinet, 1832–1838)
* Daniel Deffayet (Professor of Saxophone, 1968–1988)
* Michel Debost (Professor of Flute, 1981–1990)
* Ulysse Delécluse (Professor of Clarinet, 1947–1977)
* Guy Deplus (Professor of Clarinet, 1977–1989)
* Philippe Gaubert (Professor of Flute, 1920–1931)
* Hyacinthe Klosé (Professor of Clarinet, 1838–1868)
* Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (Professor of Clarinet, 1795–1824)
* Louis Lefèvre (Professor of Clarinet, 1824–1832)
* Adolphe Leroy (Professor of Clarinet, 1868–1876)
* Prosper Mimart (Professor of Clarinet, 1904–1918)
* Marcel Moyse (Professor of Flute, 1932–1940)
* Marcel Mule (Professor of Saxophone, 1942–1968)
* Auguste Périer [fr] (Professor of Clarinet, 1918–1947)
* Jean-Pierre Rampal (Professor of Flute, 1969–1981)
* Cyrille Rose (Professor of Clarinet, 1876–1900)
* Adolphe Sax (Professor of Saxophone, 1858–1871)
* Paul Taffanel (Professor of Flute, 1894–1908)
* Charles Turban (Professor of Clarinet, 1900–1904)

## Other

* Odette Gartenlaub (born 1922)
* Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
* Ernest Guiraud (1837–1892)
* Fromental Halévy (1799–1862)
* François-Louis Henry (1786–1855)
* André Lafosse (1890–1975)
* Jeanne Loriod (Professor of Ondes Martenot, 1970–2001)
* Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931)
* Jean François Lesueur (1795–1802)
* Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
* Pierre Schaeffer (1910–1995)
* Paul Vidal
* Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann