Ecoles d'Art Américaines De Fontainebleau

the fontainebleau schools (also known as les ecoles d’art américaines de fontainebleau) are comprised of the conservatoire américain and the école des beaux-arts. for almost 100 years the schools have been offering international summer programs of the highest level for students in music and architecture. the school's illustrious faculty has included maurice ravel, marcel dupré, robert and gaby casadesus, philippe entremont, trio pasquier, jean francaix, henri dutilleux, charles-marie widor, gilbert amy, betsy jolas, andré boucourechliev, pierre amoyal, sviatoslav richter, mstislav rostropovitch, yehudi menuhin, arthur rubinstein, and leonard bernstein. the famed composition and harmony professor nadia boulanger was among this distinguished faculty from the beginning. her energy, knowledge, and spirit guided the school while she was director from 1949 through 1979. the american conservatory has influenced many of the world's finest musicians including burt bacharach, daniel barenboim,