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7 unusual facts about École Normale de Musique de Paris


Alain Gagnon

Those honours enabled him to pursue graduate studies in France at the École Normale de Musique de Paris with Henri Dutilleux and at the École César Franck with Olivier Alain in 1965-1966.

Éric Gaudibert

He studied piano and composition at the conservatory of Lausanne, particularly with Denise Bidal and Hans Haug, and later in Paris in the École Normale de Musique with Alfred Cortot, Henri Dutilleux and Nadia Boulanger.

Gabriel Yared

His formal musical education only began when he travelled to France in 1969, and attended the École Normale de Musique de Paris as a non-registered student.

Giuliano Belotti

Furthermore, in 1997 he was awarded the Diplôme Supérieur d’Exécution at the Alfred Cortot École Normale de Musique de Paris.

Julio César Brero

In 1935, he earned a piano teaching diploma from the Philharmonic Academy of Bologna and a diploma in composition from École Normale de Musique de Paris.

Roger Bellon

Roger Bellon earned his Bachelor Of Music Composition degree from the Berklee College of Music, studying under music legends Gary Burton, Mike Gibbs and Herb Pomeroy among others and completed postgraduate studies in Composition and Conducting, under Pierre Petit (Grand Prix De Rome) at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, Paris.

Timur Selçuk

Selçuk returned home after his study at the École Normale de Musique de Paris and became a pioneer of the political composers in Turkey.


Joseph Morpain

Joseph Morpain (1873-1961) was a French pianist and teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris and École Normale de Musique de Paris, whose prominent students included Clara Haskil and Monique Haas.

Samson François

Having studied in the Conservatoire in Nice from 1932 to 1935, where he again won first prize, François came to the attention of Alfred Cortot, who encouraged him to move to Paris and study with Yvonne Lefébure at the École Normale de Musique.

Sofya Melikyan

Sofya Melikyan completed her studies at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid with Joaquin Soriano, École Normale de Musique de Paris with Ramzi Yassa and Manhattan School of Music in New York where she was a scholarship student of Solomon Mikowsky.


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