Conservatoire de Strasbourg

The school was created using funds given to the city of Strasbourg by arts patron Louis Apffel in 1839.

It is indeed this considerable amount of the legacy donated by Louis Apffel which allowed the municipality to establish a conservatory which also emanated a symphonic orchestra, historically born the second in France after Paris.

[1] After the direction of Franz Stockhausen (1871 to 1908) the composer Hans Pfitzner assumed the role as one of his positions in the musical life of the city.

On the return of Alsace to France, Ernest Munch took over as director for a year, succeeded by Jean-Guy Ropartz (1919–29).

From 1929 to 1960 the director was Fritz Münch, who on his retirement was succeeded by Louis Martin.