1. Stravinsky and the students of Nadia Boulanger

2.  Nadia Boulanger  1887-1979 (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)

3.  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)

4.  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)

5.  “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

6.  “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

7.   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

8. 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.

9.  Igor Stravinsky Maverick & 20 th Century Master

10.  St. Petersburg => Paris => Los Angeles  1882-1971  Son of Bass Opera singer  Grew up in St. Petersburg  Student of Rimsky- Kosakov (1905-08)  Settled in West Hollywood by 1945  Lived in LA longer than any other city Portrait by Picasso (1920)

11.  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

12.  Wetherly Drive (off Sunset Blvd.)

13.  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)