Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger , 1887-1979, French conductor and musician, b. Paris. Boulanger was considered an outstanding teacher of composition. She studied at the Paris Conservatory, where in 1945 she became professor. Boulanger taught at the École normale de Musique, Paris, and (from 1921) at the American Conservatory, Fontainebleau, becoming its director in 1950. As the teacher of such American composers as Walter Piston, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Roy Harris, and Marc Blitzstein, she has profoundly influenced American music. She often visited the United States, as teacher, lecturer, organist, and guest conductor of the Boston Symphony (1938) and the New York Philharmonic (1939). She was noted for her conducting of choral works. Boulanger's sister Lily (1893-1918) was a distinguished composer.

Boulanger, Nadia (1887–1979) French music teacher. One of the foremost teachers of composition in the 20th century. her pupils included Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud and Jean Françaix. In the 1930s, she became the first woman to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. Her sister, Lili Boulanger (1893–1918), was an accomplished composer.