Danièle Pistone

In addition to her musical studies (including piano and conducting at the conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Besançon and the Schola Cantorum de Paris, Pistone graduated from the university with a degree in literature and Italian, and in 1973 she received a doctorate with a thesis on the piano in French literature.

Since 1971, she has been teaching at the University of Paris-Sorbonne where she was appointed professor of history of music in 1981.

A producer at TF1 and Radio France (France Culture and France Musiques, 1972–1981), she also established the series "Musique-Musicologie" at the Honoré Champion publishing house in 1975, the Revue internationale de musique française (Slatkine-Champion, 1980–1997), the "Séminaire Interarts de Paris" (1998) and the Observatoire musical français of the University Paris-Sorbonne (1989–2014), as well as the eponymous publishing house (1991–2015).

She has been an adviser for artistic training and cultural projects to the Scientific and Technical Mission of the Ministry of Research and has represented Higher Education at the Interdepartmental Mission for the Development of Arts Education (1994–1998).

In 2004, she was elected a correspondent at the Académie des beaux-arts.

• Danièle Pistone on IREMUS
• Danièle Pistone on Thèses
• OPÉRA ET SOCIÉTÉ: BILANS ET PERSPECTIVES by Danièle Pistone
• Université de Paris-Sorbonne CV des enseignants Archived 2011-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Académie des beaux-arts Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Danièle Pistone on Canal Académie
• Danièle Pistone (Paris-Sorbonne/OMF) - Introduction on YouTube