Founded in 1795, the Conservatoire de Paris has gone through political vicissitudes, pedagogical and aesthetic revolutions and, of course, the transformations of the artist's profession. Such longevity is obviously an issue especially when the very notion of institution is called into question.
To approach the long history of the Paris Conservatoire, this book proposes an original formula. A brief historical essay first analyzes the pillars on which has rested for nearly two centuries one of the leading schools of European music. Then 16 interviews with people trained or having worked in the establishment go back on its foundations and shed light on its history during the last fifty years.
The interviews were conducted with Jane Berbié, Gilbert Amy, Alain Meunier, Jacqueline Billy-Hérody, Alain Louvier, Catherine Robin, Alain Poirier, Marc-Olivier Dupin, Philippe Dinkel, Claude Delangle, Géry Moutier, Frederic de Roos, Coralie Fayolle, Bruno Messina, Bruno Mantovani and Alexis Kossenko.
Rémy Campos enseigne l’histoire de la musique au Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris depuis 2001 et coordonne la recherche à la Haute école de musique de Genève. Ses travaux ont porté sur la redécouverte des musiques anciennes, sur les conservatoires et sur les questions d’historiographie. Il travaille actuellement sur l’histoire des pratiques musicales aux xixe et xxe siècles.
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