Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger (born September 16, 1887, Paris, France - died October 22, 1979, Paris, France) was a French organ and piano player, conductor, composer and music teacher, and older sister of the composer Lili Boulanger. The number of her pupils would be 1200, among whom: Leonard Bernstein, Quincy Jones, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Elliott Carter, Philip Glass, Pierre Henry, Pierre Schaeffer, Astor Piazzolla, Egberto Gismonti, Donald Byrd, Gigi Gryce, Michel Legrand, Vladimir Cosma, Wojciech Kilar, Lalo Schifrin, Dinu Lipatti, Igor Markevitch, Robert Russell Bennett, Virgil Thomson... More than an institution, Nadia Boulanger's teaching seems to have given birth to the main musical trends of the 20th century.