Director of the Paris Conservatoire from 1822, this Italian composer rests at Père-Lachaise just four metres from his friend and fellow composer Chopin. Beethoven considered him the greatest living composer of his time. Who is he?
The answer
Luigi Cherubini directed the Paris Conservatoire from 1822 to 1841. Beethoven, who particularly admired his Requiem in C minor, considered him the greatest living composer of his day. Cherubini rests in Division 11, very close to Chopin.
This question belongs to the “Musicians and Composers” series of the Père-Lachaise quiz: ten questions, a story behind every right answer.