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Louis Drouet
- Born 1792 in Amsterdam,
being son of a barber
run away from France
- Learning autodidactically on
on a small flute
(present from a customer of his father)
- At the age of 7
first concert at the
conservatory in Paris
- Couple of concert tours
- At the age of 16 first flutist
and teacher of the king
of holland (Ludwig, brother of Napoleon)
- 1811 invitation to Paris,
where he was showered
with gifts and
honours.
- 1817 journey to england
- 1818 inauguration of
of a flute workshop in England,
going bust after
only one year.
- Very succesful tour
through Europe
- 1829 return to
England, accompanied by
Felix Mendelssohn, being a
friend of him
- 1833 back in Paris
- 1840 director of music
for 15 years at the duke of
Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
- 1854 journey to America
- Gordon
and Popp where two of
his pupils
- Was said to be
a master of double tonguing,
being called the
Paganini of the flute.
- Stayed all his live
with an old
8-key flute
- Wrote 10 concertos,
more than 20 duets,
trios,
soli and fantasies,
more than 300 etudes
and a method:
"Méthode
Pour la Flûte" (1827)
- Died at the 30st of september 1873 in Bern
Last update: 17.02.2010
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