Conservatoire à
Rayonnement
Régional
(former Conservatoire National de Région)
14, rue de Madrid, 75008 Paris
Orgue de la salle Olivier Alain
1996 - Gerhard Grenzing
Orgue de la salle Berlioz
1951 - Jacquot-Lavergne
1981 - Gonzalez
1996 - Hedelin
1999 - Dargassies
This organ is not in use anymore
ORGANS OF PARIS 2.0 © Vincent Hildebrandt ALL ORGANS
The Paris Regional Conservatory is located at a highly
historic address since the famous National
Conservatory or Conservatory of Paris wsas located
there, created in 1795 by the Convention and then
installed in 1911 on Madrid Street by its director
Gabriel Fauré. From then on, the conservatory will
see the biggest names in French music, whether they
are students, teachers, jury members ... : Debussy,
Ravel, Dukas, Honegger, Poulenc, Vincent d'Indy,
Messiaen, Duruflé, Nadia Boulanger ... but also
Widor, Dupré and so many great names of the French
organ.
In 1934, the Conservatory became the National
Conservatory of Music and Drama. Then in 1946, he
became the National Conservatory of Music and in
December 1990 it moved to the Cité de la Musique in
La Villette under the name of the Conservatoire
National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
(CNSMDP). Since this departure, this mythical place
has been occupied by the Conservatoire à
Rayonnement Régional (CRR) in Paris.
The CRR has four organs: 3 of study-organs and a
large concert organ by Gerhard Grenzing placed in
the Olivier Alain Hall. This instrument replaced the
old organ (3 keyboards/pedals, 32 stops, electric
transmissions) of the Berlioz room built by Jacquot-
Lavergne in 1951 and modified by Gonzalez in 1981.
The current organ was inaugurated in 1996. This
instrument of 32 real stops, 3 keyboards and pedals,
mechanical and electric transmissions with an
electronic combinator was designed to play all
European organ literature with the exception of the
romantic repertoire left for other instruments.
(Translation of a French text by Thierry Correard)
(photos of the Grenzing organ: Thierry Correard)