Michel Debost

Michel Debost
Born (1934-01-20) January 20, 1934 (age 90)
Paris, France
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Musician, professor
InstrumentFlute

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.[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]

  1. ^ "Michel Debost". www2.oberlin.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  2. ^ theinstrumenta (2021-02-17). "Michel Debost, Flutist, Teacher, Recording Artist". The Instrumentalist. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  3. ^ "Michel Debost - NFA Lifetime Achievement Award". Default. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  4. ^ "Michel Debost". www2.oberlin.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  5. ^ Emmanuel Pahud and Stéphane Rety
  6. ^ Amazon search on 'Michel Debost'
  7. ^ theinstrumenta (2021-02-17). "Michel Debost, Flutist, Teacher, Recording Artist". The Instrumentalist. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  8. ^ Oberlin Conservatory magazine Archived 2013-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, 2011