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)
• Aimee 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 (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