in 1825, the singer cambon interpreted a scene of elwart on the motif of the "exiled". this year marked especially his entrance to the école royale de musique (future conservatoire de paris) in counterpoint, harmony and fugue and music composition classes. his professors were françois-joseph fétis, jean-françois lesueur, berlioz. elwart was awarded the first fugue prize in 1830. in 1835, he performed a new "mass" on saint cecilia.