Lauded as one of the finest flautists of all time, Jean-Pierre Rampal returned
the instrument to pride of place as a soloist with a long career in which he
played not only classical standards but also jazz and folk with his specialty
being Baroque.
Son of renowned French flautist Joseph Rampal, who was professor of flute at the
Marseille Conservatoire and principal flautist with the Marseille Symphony
Orchestra, he followed in his father's footsteps from a very young age. Under
the threat of being sent to forced labour by the occupying Nazis in World War
II, he headed north ...