Nadia Boulanger

Juliette Nadia Boulanger (French: Juliette Nadia Boulanger, pronounced: [ʒyljɛt nadja bulɑʒe]; September 16, 1887 – October 22, 1979), French music educator, composer, and conductor. She was born in a musical family in Paris. Her grandmother Marie-Julie is a musician, her grandfather Frederic is a cellist, her father Ernst Boulanger is a Prix de Rome winner, her mother Lysa Mushetzkaya is a Russian princess, and her sister Lily Boulanger is also a famous composer. She herself has been engaged in composition, and her oratorio "Mermaid" won second place at the Prix de Rome. But she is mainly known as an outstanding music teacher. She began teaching in 1907. Many famous musicians of the 20th century came from her students, including generations of American composers from Winston to Philip Glass, and made great contributions to the development of classical music in the United States in the 20th century. In addition to a large number of orthodox classical music composers, her students include the cross-border Argentinian tango master Piazzolla. In addition, she is also committed to the study of early music composers such as Monteverdi and Schutz.