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 (clarinettist) (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