The Conservatoire Pierre Cochereau 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 in ...

which serves the French city of

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; ; ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the France–Italy border, Italian border and Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'A ...

). It was founded by Adeline Ballet, a pianist, in 1916.European School Federation
CONSERVATOIRE OF NICE
It is named after its former director

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 responsibl ...

, 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 prolific French composer

(1900–1940) composer of film music *

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 Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A child prodigy, by the ...

, (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 Conservatory of Nice, Conservatoire de Nice as a studen ...

(1933–1982), violinist * Scott Ross (1951–1989), American harpsichordist * Gilbert Bezzina, violinist and opera conductor * Philippe Bianconi, pianist *

Carla Lazzari Carla Lazzari (born 19 August 2005), known professionally as 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 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 s ...

(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 Artist ...

(born 1985), pianist and chamber musician * Bruno Destrez (1959), bassist and luthier

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