The Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Poitiers is a school of higher education for music, drama, and dance located in

Poitiers Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...

, France. The institution is a charter school of France's Ministry of Culture and is operated by the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles. The conservatory awards degrees in music performance, music education, choreographic studies, and theater.

Notable alumni

Camille Berthomier Jehnny Beth (born Camille Berthomier, 24 December 1984), is a French musician, singer-songwriter, producer, presenter and actress, best known as half of the duo John & Jehn and front woman of the English rock band Savages. Her debut solo album ...

Jean-Philippe Biojout Jean-Philippe may refer to: * ''Jean-Philippe'' (film) *Jean-Philippe (given name) Jean-Philippe is a French male given name. Notable people so named include: * Jean-Philippe Baile * Jean-Philippe Baratier (1721-1740), German scholar & child ...

Gerd Boder Gerd Boder (13 June 1933, Saarbrücken – 2 June 1992) was a German composer. He studied music at the Hochschule für Musik Saar, the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Poitiers, and the Conservatoire de Paris. Among his teachers were He ...

Isabelle Ferron Isabelle Ferron (born 1967) is a French actress, comedian, and dancer both in film and on stage. Early life and education Isabelle Ferron was born on January 27, 1967, in Poitiers, France. When she turned seven, her mother enrolled her in t ...

Notable faculty

Yves Beaunesne Yves may refer to: * Yves, Charente-Maritime, a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in France * Yves (given name), including a list of people with the name * ''Yves'' (single album), a single album by Loona * ''Yves'' (film), a 2019 Fr ...

Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume (7 October 1905 in Paris – 15 April 2000) was a French musicologist, organist and harpsichordist. As a musicologist he was considered "the leading French pioneer in the field of early music, both in the way it should be p ...

* Noémi Rime

External links

Official Website of the Poitiers Conservatoire
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