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Allain Gaussin (born 6 November 1943) is a noted French composer. Gaussin was born in Saint-Sever-Calvados, Normandy. He is a laureate of the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) where he studied with Olivier Messiaen. He studied conducting with Louis Fourestier, piano with Hélène Boschi, and electroacoustic music with Pierre Schaeffer. Gaussin taught orchestration from 2004 to 2011 at the music faculty of the Osaka University, and teaches composition at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau.