Léopold Lafleurance (17 April 1865 – 4 August 1953) was a French
flutist
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 ...
and professor.
Lafleurance enrolled in 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 ...
at the age of twelve and received privately lessons from
Paul Taffanel
Claude-Paul Taffanel (16 September 1844 – 22 November 1908) was a French flautist, conductor and instructor, regarded as the founder of the French Flute School that dominated much of flute composition and performance during the mid-20th century ...
. From the following year he was in the ranks as a flautist, next to his uncle, from the Orchestra of the Society of Concerts and later in other orchestras. From 1888 onwards, he played as a substitute, and from 1891, as a member of the
Paris Opera Orchestra (as a piccolo flûtist until 1947, aged 81, when he retired). From 1914 to 1919, he was professor of flute at the Conservatoire de Paris. Among his students were
Joseph Rampal and
René Le Roy.
Bibliography
* András Adorján, Lenz Meierott (éd.), ''Lexique de la Flûte''
� Lexikon der Flöte » Laaber-Verlag,
Laaber 2009, .
External links
Leopold Lafleuranceon Archiv Music
The Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, 1828-1967
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1865 births
Musicians from Bordeaux
1953 deaths
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Conservatoire de Paris faculty
French classical flautists