• Source: Michel Debost

    • Michel Debost (French: [dəbɔst]; born 20 January 1934), is a French flutist.
    Born in Paris, he is one of the well known flutists of the French school. He has studied under Gaston Crunelle and Marcel Moyse.
    Debost has won major international competitions. He has received first prize at the International Competition in Geneva, as well as at the Prague Spring Festival and the Moscow Festival Competition, and he was awarded second prize at the International Competition in Munich. He was Principal Flute in the "Orchestre de Paris". He replaced Jean-Pierre Rampal as Professor of flute at the Conservatoire de Paris. Debost has recorded much flute repertoire on LPs and CD. He lives in the United States with his wife Kathleen Chastain who is also a flutist. He taught at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio from 1989-2011.


    Notable students of Debost


    Emmanuel Pahud - international soloist, principal flute Berliner Philharmoniker
    Leone Buyse - professor at Rice University (ret.)
    Claire Chase - international soloist, professor at Harvard University
    Molly Barth - former member of eighth blackbird, professor at Vanderbilt University
    Brandon Patrick George - member of Imani Winds
    Eric Lamb - member of International Contemporary Ensemble


    Discography


    CONCERTOS POUR FLUTE - CONCERTO POUR FLUTE & HARPE, Mozart. (Michel Debost Flute, Lily Laskine harp, Orchestre de Chambre de Moscou/Rudolf Barshai)
    ENTR'ACTE (MUSIC FOR FLUTE AND HARP) Ibert, Berlioz, Faure, Gaubert, Debussy, Ravel
    FLUTE PANORAMA, NO.1 (Faulisi) Widor, Reinecke, Gaubert, Karg-Elert, Faure
    FLUTE PANORAMA, NO. 2 (Faulisi) Poulenc, Ibert, Sancan, Dutilleux, Messiaen
    FLUTE PANORAMA, NO. 3 (Faulisi) Faure, Enesco, Casella, Gaubert, Ganne, Gaubert, Taffanel, Perilhou, Busser
    FLUTE PANORAMA, NO. 4
    TELEMANN, SIX SONATAS, OP. 2 Sonatas for 2 flutes, with James Galway, cassette only


    Bibliography


    Michel Debost, The Simple Flute: From A to Z, (translated from French), Oxford University Press, 2002, 282 pages


    Notes




    External links


    Profile at Oberlin College website

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