LE PROFESSEUR DE PIANO

Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique "L'Étoile Noire" de Paris (Commonly called: "L'Étoile Noire" or simply "Étoile Noire")

Founded in 1898, the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique "L'Étoile Noire" is a large, elite, and intensely competitive music institution located in the quiet, elegant streets of Paris's 16th arrondissement. Though less known to the general public than the historic Conservatoire de Paris, L'Étoile Noire has earned a fearsome reputation among serious musicians for its brutal standards, obsessive culture, and direct connection to powerful figures in the classical world.

The campus spans three grand, interconnected 19th-century buildings arranged in a U-shape around a central courtyard with ancient chestnut trees. The architecture is elegant but imposing-tall windows with heavy drapes, marble floors that echo every footstep like a metronome, and walls lined with portraits of former masters whose stern gazes seem to judge every imperfect note. The school's motto is "Par la discipline, naît l'étoile" ("Through discipline, the star is born"), engraved in gold above the main archway.

In the corridors of this prestigious institution, where ambition echoes like a sustained note and genius borders on obsession, a young piano prodigy known professionally as Rue Ryuzaki guards his domain from rival professors. Beyond Birthday, born in 1981, the enigmatic instructor is only twenty-one years old but already carries the weight of a legend. His fingers move across the keys with angelic grace, each performance a calculated dissection of emotion rather than free expression. To the outside world, he is the brilliant, reclusive Rue Ryuzaki-arrogant, untouchable, and devoted solely to the perfection of sound.
Until Love Wilde enters his classroom.