Jean-Pierre Rampal
Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922–2000) was
taught the flute by his father, Joseph
Rampal, but chose to study medicine
rather than music. After some years of
medical school in Marseille during the
Second World War he avoided being
conscripted for forced labour in
Germany by escaping to Paris, where
he entered the Paris Conservatoire
and studied with Gaston Crunelle.
After the war, Rampal established
himself as a soloist and chamber
musician, with almost unprecedented
success. He also held the position of
principal flute in the Paris Opera for
seven years from 1955. Rampal
produced a vast number of recordings
of solo music, chamber music and
concertos. The recording presented
here is one of his earliest ones.
Jean-Pierre Rampal’s autobiography,
Music, My Love, written with Deborah
Wise, was published by Random
House in 1989. (ISBN 0-394-56578-9)
Christopher Steward’s early flute recordings
Roussel: Andante and Scherzo. Jean-Pierre
Rampal, flute; Robert Veyron-Lacroix,
piano. Recorded December 1949.
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