Lily Laskine (31 August 1893 in Paris – 4 January 1988 in Paris) was one of the most prominent

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s of the twentieth century. Born Lily Aimée Laskine to Jewish parents in Paris, she studied at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

with Alphonse Hasselmans and became a frequent performing partner of several distinguished French

flautist The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

s, including

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and

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. Laskine also served as professor of harp at the

from 1948 to 1958. She was awarded the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

in 1958. She died in Paris. In 1936 she married Roland Charmy, a violinist and academic of the Conservatoire de Paris.

References

Bibliography and discography

;Books * Marielle Nordmann, ''Lily Laskine'', Éditions Cahiers du Temps, 1999 * * ;Records * ''L'Art de Lily Laskine'', 1996 * ''Concerto pour flûte et harpe'' de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 2002 * ''Japanese Melodies for Flute and Harp'', 1994

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* * Musicians from Paris 1893 births 1988 deaths Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris French classical harpists 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century French musicians Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite {{String-musician-stub