Jean-Pierre Rampal

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Jean-Pierre Rampal, Amsterdam 1969

Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (born January 7, 1922 in Marseille , † May 20, 2000 in Paris ) was a French flautist and university teacher. He is considered one of the most important flautists of the 20th century.

life and work

Rampal's father, Joseph Rampal , was a professional flautist in Marseille. Jean-Pierre Rampal learned to play the flute at a young age at the Marseille Conservatory (where his father also taught), where he already worked in a professional orchestra at the age of 15. At the request of his parents, he first began studying medicine. He later moved to the Conservatoire de Paris , where he graduated in 1944.

In the post-war years he founded chamber music ensembles, in particular the “Quintette à Vent Français” (1946) and the “Ensemble Baroque de Paris” (1952), with pianist and harpsichordist Robert Veyron-Lacroix from 1948 onwards he worked on solo literature for flute and accompanying instrument. He increasingly appeared as a soloist nationally and internationally. In 1955 he became principal flutist at the Opéra de Paris , in 1958 professor at the “Académie Internationale d'Été” in Nice , which he co-founded , and in 1968 Rampal was appointed professor at the Paris Conservatory. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy (now the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music ) in Warsaw. In 1978 he was awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize.

Rampal is considered one of the most important flutists of the 20th century and made a decisive contribution to the acceptance of the flute as a solo instrument in international concerts. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was always a soloist in performances of under Karl Ristenpart gambling Chamber Orchestra of the Saarland Radio , on the concert stage, in the recording studio, on the radio and on television.

He played a key role in the rediscovery of baroque and early classical literature for his instrument, and he particularly tried to research the well-known and rediscovered flute repertoire of the 18th century and to publish it in new editions. In addition, numerous contemporary composers wrote works for him, including Jean Françaix , André Jolivet , Jindřich Feld , Henri Tomasi and Francis Poulenc (whose flute sonata he premiered). In 1981 Rampal took part in the world premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Halil , and in 1993 he played the solo part in the world premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki's Flute Concerto . He performed repeatedly with the violinist Isaac Stern and the cellist Mstislaw Rostropowitsch , but also went on excursions into jazz , among others. a. together with the pianist Claude Bolling , and into world music (with the Japanese shakuhachi flautist Hōzan Yamamoto ).

Rampal died at the age of 78 and was buried on the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. The Concours de flûte Jean-Pierre Rampal is held annually in Paris in his honor .

Others

In January 1981, Rampal starred in an episode of Jim Henson's Muppet Show .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The grave of Jean-Pierre Rampal with Klaus Nerger
personal data
SURNAME Rampal, Jean-Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rampal, Jean-Pierre Louis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French flautist
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Marseille
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 2000
Place of death Paris