Conservatoire de Paris

The Conservatoire de Paris (Paris Conservatoire) is a music conservatory where students can study dance, drama and music. It has now been split into two "Conservatoires". One is for Acting, Theatre and Drama and is called the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique (CNSAD). It is in the old building in the centre of Paris. The other is called Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. It is farther from the centre of the city. This is where Music and Dance are taught.

The Paris Conservatoire has been famous for music since it was formed in 1795. Nearly all famous French composers and performing musicians studied there, and many young musicians came from abroad to study. It was, and still is, one of the best places to study music in the world.

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The old Conservatoire building (until 1911), now the building which houses the CNSAD. It is now called the Théâtre du Conservatoire because there are often public performances by the Conservatory students.

Conservatoire De Paris Media

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  East façade of the Conservatoire building at 15 rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière (state in 1907, demolished after 1911)

• Site plan of the Menus-Plaisirs and the Conservatoire 1836 - Prod'homme 1929 p127.jpg

  Site plan (1836) of the Menus-Plaisirs, the Concert Hall, and the Conservatoire

• Camille Urso et son violon.jpg

  Camille Urso posant avec son violon. (Cliché photographique circa 1860/1870).

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  The CNSMDP new building at the Cité de la Musique.

• Bibliothèque du Conservatoire national de musique 1895 - photo Eugène Pirou - Gallica 2012 (adjusted).jpg

  Library of the Paris Conservatory of Music

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  Piano class of Charles de Bériot in 1895 with Maurice Ravel on the left

• Plan at the level of the first loges in 1821 (north at the left)

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• Paris
• Conservatoire
• Prix de Rome