The Conservatoire de Paris, also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Conservatoire offers instruction in music and dance, drawing on the traditions of the 'French School'.
Louis Henry Nicolas Thiry was a French concert organist, composer and pedagogue. He was professor of organ at the Regional Conservatoire in Rouen and played in concerts internationally. His many recordings include the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen in 1972, which received several awards and led the composer to describe him as "an extraordinary organist". Thiry was blind.
The Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon, sometimes referred to as the Conservatoire de Lyon, is a conservatory for the study of music and dance, located in Lyon, France.
Yuval Pick, born in 1970 in Israel, is a choreographer and the director of the National Choreographic Center of Rillieux-la-Pape (France).
Jean-Pierre Leguay is a French organist, composer and improviser. He studied with André Marchal, Gaston Litaize, Rolande Falcinelli (organ), Simone Plé-Caussade (counterpoint), and Olivier Messiaen (composition), before serving as titular organist at Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Paris from 1961 to 1984. In 1985 he was named a titular organist at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, alongside Olivier Latry, Yves Devernay and Philippe Lefebvre. He held this position through the end of 2015, and is now titular organist emeritus.
Jean Henri Marcel Boyer was a French organist and a professor of organ at several institutions including the Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon.
Liesbeth Schlumberger is an organist from South Africa, professor assistant of organ at the Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon since 1996.
Laurent Cabasso is a French contemporary classical pianist.
Hervé Désarbre is a French organist and organiste du ministère de la Défense [organist of the Ministry of Armed Forces]. He is titular of the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Église Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce in Paris.
Denis Comtet is a French organist, pianist, choral conductor, and conductor.
Vincent Warnier is a contemporary French classical organist.
Thierry Mechler is a French organist and organ and improvisation teacher at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. He teaches future concert students and gives international masterclasses for students of improvisation, piano and organ playing.
Nicolas Bucher is a French organist and harpsichordist, accompanist, continuo player, and conductor who devotes most of his artistic life to organ music, 17th and 18th century vocal music, opera and contemporary music.
François Xavier Darasse was a French organist, musicologist, composer, and pedagogue. The Toulouse les Orgues festival organise the International Xavier Darasse Organ Competition every three years in his honour.
Géry Moutier is a French classical pianist, music educator, and director.
Adrien Rougier (23 June 1892 – 1 July 1993 was a French organist, organ builder, conductor and composer.
Hélène Bouchez is a French woman conductor.
Philippe André Lefebvre is a French classical organist. He is one of three titular organists at Notre-Dame de Paris and has served as such since 1985.
Frédéric Blanc is a French composer, organist and improvisor. The last student of Marie-Madeleine Duruflé, he is based as titular organist of Notre-Dame d'Auteuil in Paris. He has played concerts and given masterclasses internationally, especially in the United States. He is focused on the French organ tradition and improvisation.
Sophie-Véronique Colette Claude Cauchefer-Choplin is a French organist.
