Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) is a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. Best-known works : Rondo Capriccioso, the Second Piano Concerto, the First Cello Concerto, Danse macabre, the opera Samson and Delilah, the Third Violin Concerto, the Third ("Organ") Symphony and The Carnival of the Animals.