Stravinsky and the students of Nadia Boulanger.  Nadia Boulanger  1887-1979 (92)  Composer, conductor, & master teacher  Most important teacher of.

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Stravinsky and the students of Nadia Boulanger

 Nadia Boulanger  (92)  Composer, conductor, & master teacher  Most important teacher of the 20 th century  Taught at the American Conservatory in France (in addition to other schools)

 The Master Teacher List of Students (selected)  Aaron Copland  David Conte  David Diamond  Philip Glass  Quincy Jones  Virgil Thomson  Astor Piazzolla  Gershwin (she refused) List of Schools taught at  Fontainebleau School (France)  Paris Conservatoire (ca. 1945)  Peabody Conservatory (Baltimore)  Julliard (NYC)  Longy School (Bard College, MA)  Royal College of Music  Royal Academy of Music (UK)

 The First Maestra Boulanger was the first woman to conduct the following orchestras: 1.BBC Symphony 2.Boston Symphony 3.NY Philharmonic 4.Philadelphia Orchestra 5.National Symphony Orchestra (US)

 “You need an established language and then, within that established language, the liberty to be yourself. It’s always necessary to be yourself – that is a mark of genius in itself.” “I can’t provide anyone with inventiveness, nor can I take it away; I can simply provide the liberty to read, to listen, to see, to understand.” Boulanger on helping composers find their own voice

 “Nadia Boulanger knew everything there was to know about music; she knew the oldest and latest music, pre- Bach and post-Stravinsky. All technical know-how was at her fingertips: harmonic transposition, the figured bass, score reading, organ registration, instrumental techniques, structural analyses, the school fugue and the free fugue, the Greek modes and Gregorian chant.” – Aaron Copland Copland on Boulanger

  Invitation to White House (Kennedy)  OBE (Order of the British Empire)  Légion of Honor (1977) Grand Officer  Order of the Crown of Belgium  Order of St. Charles (Monaco)  Juror, International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow) 1966  Many more Achievements/Honors

Shaping the next generation of composers Boulanger and Igor Stravinsky (1937) Boulanger never taught Stravinsky, but championed his music and conducted the premiere of his “Dumbarton Oaks” Concerto.

 Igor Stravinsky Maverick & 20 th Century Master

 St. Petersburg => Paris => Los Angeles   Son of Bass Opera singer  Grew up in St. Petersburg  Student of Rimsky- Kosakov ( )  Settled in West Hollywood by 1945  Lived in LA longer than any other city Portrait by Picasso (1920)

 Stravinsky and Chanel  Stravinsky and Coco Chanel met in 1920 (rumored affair)  Stravinsky and family stayed at Chanel’s country house outside Paris  Financially supported Ballet Russes and Stravinsky

 Wetherly Drive (off Sunset Blvd.)

 And the Grammy goes to…  Posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1987)  Grammy 1962 – Best classical performance (Stravinsky conducting)  Grammy 1962 – Best Instrumental performance (Stravinsky conducting)