Michel Debost

Michel Debost (French: [dəbɔst]; born 20 January 1934), is a French flutist.

Michel Debost
Born	(1934-01-20) January 20, 1934 Paris, France
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Musician, professor
Instruments	Flute
Associated acts	Orchestre de Paris

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 was Principal Flute in the "Orchestre de Paris". He replaced Jean-Pierre Rampal as Professor of flute at the Conservatoire de Paris.[1] Debost has recorded much flute repertoire on LPs and CD.[2] 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.[3]

Bibliography

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

Notes

1. Emmanuel Pahud and Stéphane Rety
2. Amazon search on 'Michel Debost'
3. Oberlin Conservatory magazine Archived 2013-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, 2011

External links

• Profile at Oberlin College website