École normale de musique Alfred Cortot
École normale de musique Alfred Cortot occupies a Belle Époque mansion on boulevard Malesherbes, in Paris’s seventeenth arrondissement. Alfred Cortot and Auguste Mangeot founded the private conservatory in 1919.
The school trains music teachers and concert performers through instrumental, vocal, composition, film composition, conducting, and chamber music courses. Individual lessons with visiting professors require an audition. A tailored programme supports gifted musicians aged eleven to sixteen who plan careers in music. Henri Dutilleux and Charles Munch belong to its former artists and teachers.
Salle Cortot adds a 500-seat concert hall designed by Auguste Perret in 1929. Its Art Deco interior gives the building a second musical focus. Restored in 2001, the hall presents concerts, student and professor performances, and public masterclasses. Alfred Cortot said the hall sounded like a Stradivarius.
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