Michel Debost Explained

Birth Date:20 January 1934
Birth Place:Paris, France
Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Occupation:Musician, professor
Instrument:Flute
Genre:Classical
Associated Acts:Orchestre de Paris

Michel Debost (pronounced as /fr/; born 20 January 1934), is a French flutist.

Born in Paris, he is one of the well known flutists of the French school.[1] He has studied under Gaston Crunelle and Marcel Moyse.[2]

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.[3] He was Principal Flute in the "Orchestre de Paris".[4] He replaced Jean-Pierre Rampal as Professor of flute at the Conservatoire de Paris.[5] Debost has recorded much flute repertoire on LPs and CD.[6] He lives in the United States with his wife Kathleen Chastain who is also a flutist.[7] He taught at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio from 1989-2011.[8]

Notable students of Debost

  1. Emmanuel Pahud[9] - international soloist, principal flute Berliner Philharmoniker
  2. Leone Buyse[10] - professor at Rice University (ret.)
  3. Claire Chase[11] - international soloist, professor at Harvard University[12]
  4. Molly Barth - former member of eighth blackbird, professor at Vanderbilt University[13]
  5. Brandon Patrick George[14] - member of Imani Winds
  6. Eric Lamb[15] - member of International Contemporary Ensemble

Discography

  1. CONCERTOS POUR FLUTE - CONCERTO POUR FLUTE & HARPE, Mozart. (Michel Debost Flute, Lily Laskine harp, Orchestre de Chambre de Moscou/Rudolf Barshai)
  2. ENTR'ACTE (MUSIC FOR FLUTE AND HARP) Ibert, Berlioz, Faure, Gaubert, Debussy, Ravel
  3. FLUTE PANORAMA, NO.1 (Faulisi) Widor, Reinecke, Gaubert, Karg-Elert, Faure[16]
  4. FLUTE PANORAMA, NO. 2 (Faulisi) Poulenc, Ibert, Sancan, Dutilleux, Messiaen
  5. FLUTE PANORAMA, NO. 3 (Faulisi) Faure, Enesco, Casella, Gaubert, Ganne, Gaubert, Taffanel, Perilhou, Busser
  6. FLUTE PANORAMA, NO. 4
  7. TELEMANN, SIX SONATAS, OP. 2 Sonatas for 2 flutes, with James Galway, cassette only

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michel Debost . 2024-10-25 . www2.oberlin.edu.
  2. Web site: theinstrumenta . 2021-02-17 . Michel Debost, Flutist, Teacher, Recording Artist . 2024-10-25 . The Instrumentalist . en-US.
  3. Web site: Michel Debost - NFA Lifetime Achievement Award . 2024-10-25 . Default . en.
  4. Web site: Michel Debost . 2024-10-25 . www2.oberlin.edu.
  5. http://emmanuelpahud.net/biography.html Emmanuel Pahud
  6. https://www.amazon.com/Michel-Debost/dp/B000S9ZSK0 Amazon search on 'Michel Debost'
  7. Web site: theinstrumenta . 2021-02-17 . Michel Debost, Flutist, Teacher, Recording Artist . 2024-10-25 . The Instrumentalist . en-US.
  8. https://oncampus.oberlin.edu/source/articles/2011/05/25/michel-debost-retires Oberlin Conservatory magazine
  9. Web site: Emmanuel Pahud . 2024-10-25 . www.berliner-philharmoniker.de . en.
  10. Web site: Intonation with Leon Buyse tonebase Flute . 2024-10-25 . tonebase . en.
  11. Web site: Oberlin Conservatory Spring 2002 . 2024-10-25 . www2.oberlin.edu.
  12. Web site: Claire Chase – Harvard University Department of Music . 2024-10-25 . music.fas.harvard.edu . en-US.
  13. Web site: Biography . 2024-10-25 . Vanderbilt University . en-US.
  14. Web site: Brandon Patrick George • Orchestra of St. Luke's . 2024-10-25 . Orchestra of St. Luke's . en-US.
  15. Web site: Eric Lamb . 2024-10-25 . www.chambersoloistsdetroit.org.
  16. Web site: Spotify – Web Player . 2024-10-25 . Spotify . en.

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