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, .

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Leopold Lafleurance
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The Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, 1828-1967
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lafleurance, Léopold 1865 births Musicians from Bordeaux 1953 deaths Conservatoire de Paris alumni Conservatoire de Paris faculty French classical flautists