The Conservatoire

Pierre Cochereau Pierre Eugène Charles Cochereau (9 July 1924 – 6 March 1984) was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue. Cochereau was titular organist of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1955 to his death in 1984 and was responsible ...

à rayonnement régional de Nice (C.R.R. de Nice) is a state-run regional music and dance

conservatoire A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger ins ...

which serves the French city of

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

(

Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; oc, Aups Maritims; it, Alpi Marittime, "Maritime Alps") is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it ...

). It was founded by Adeline Ballet, a pianist, in 1916.European School Federation
CONSERVATOIRE OF NICE
It is named for its former director Pierre Cochereau, who served from 1962 to 1979. In the musical field, the conservatory provides instruction on stringed instruments (violin, viola, cello, contrabass), woodwinds (flute, oboe, bassoon, saxophone, clarinet), brass (horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba) as well as polyphonic instruments (piano, accordion, guitar, harp, organ, percussion). Singing, writing and musical composition classes, as well as early music lessons are also provided. The ballet and contemporary sections within the dance programme of the conservatory; and the dramatic arts are approached by interpretation, vocal work and improvisation workshops. The current director of the conservatoire is Thierry Muller, who has served since February 2016.

Alumni

Maurice Jaubert Maurice Jaubert (3 January 1900 – 19 June 1940) was a French composer.Freda Betti Freda Betti (26 February 1924 – 13 November 1979), whose birth name was Frédérique Thérèse Augusta Betti, was a French mezzo-soprano singer whose career was mainly confined to France.

(1924–1979) opera singer *

Claude Bolling Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. Biography He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Conservatory of Nice, Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A c ...

, (1930–2020) French jazz pianist *

Christian Ferras Christian Ferras (17 June 1933 – 14 September 1982) was a French violinist. Early years Ferras was born at Le Touquet in 1933. He began studying the violin with his father. He entered the Conservatoire de Nice as a student of Charles Bistesi i ...

(1933–1982), violinist *

Jean-Jacques Kantorow Jean-Jacques Kantorow (born 3 October 1945) is a French violinist and conductor. His son is the pianist Alexandre Kantorow. Biography Kantorow was born in Cannes, France, into a family of Russian-Jewish origin. From the age of 13 he studied a ...

(born 1945), French violinist *

Scott Ross Scott Ross may refer to: * Scott Ross (film executive) (born 1951), Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Digital Domain (1993–2006); pioneer in digital entertainment * Scott Ross, interviewer for ''The 700 Club'' with ties to various 1960s and 1970s roc ...

(1951–1989), American harpsichordist *

Gilbert Bezzina Gilbert Bezzina is a French violinist and conductor of baroque opera. Gilbert Bezzina studied violin at the Conservatory of Nice and continues to perform and record as a violinist. In 1965 he founded the “Société de Musique Ancienne de Nice� ...

, violinist and opera conductor * Bruno Ferrandis, conductor * Bernard Paganotti, electric bass guitar * Marie-Josèphe Jude (born 1968), pianist *

Philippe Bianconi Philippe Bianconi (born 27 March 1960) is a French pianist.Merlin, Christian (21 March 2011)Philippe Bianconi, un pianiste hors des parcours classiques ''Le Figaro'' Career Born in Nice, France, Bianconi studied at the Conservatoire de Nice with ...

, pianist * David Zambon, tuba * Catherine Schneider, pianist *

Vincent Peirani Vincent Peirani (born 24 April 1980) is a French jazz accordionist, vocalist and composer who has played internationally, collaborating with Denis Colin, François Jeanneau, Youn Sun Nah, Émile Parisien, Michel Portal, Louis Sclavis, and Micha ...

, accordionist * Isabelle Perrin, French harpist * Dominic Derasse, trumpeter *

Carla Lazzari Carla Lazzari (born 19 August 2005), better known by her mononym Carla, is a French singer and television presenter. She represented France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Bim bam toi", finishing fifth, and was one of th ...

, French child singer *

Clairemarie Osta Clairemarie Osta (born 1970) is a French ballet dancer who performed with the Paris Opera Ballet as an ''étoile''. In 2017, she became the head of the ballet department at the Royal Swedish Ballet School. Early life Osta was born in Nice, and st ...

(born 1970) *

David Kadouch David Kadouch (born 7 December 1985) is a French pianist and chamber musician. His international career began early when, at age 13, he was in concert with Itzhak Perlman in New York. A finalist in several competitions, he was named Young Arti ...

(born 1985), pianist and chamber musician *

Bruno Destrez Bruno Destrez (born September 13, 1959 in Épernay, France) is a French/American bassist, composer, and luthier specializing in the construction and repair of double basses. Education Destrez studied at the National Conservatory of Nice (Premi ...

(1959), bassist and luthier

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