Biography of Gaston Blanquart (1877-1962)

02.06.1877

Born in Raismes

1894

After lesons from Datte and Herman studies with Taffanel at the Paris conservatory

1898

Wins the first price of the conservatory by playing Faure´s fantasy

1900

Member of Concerts Colonne

Member of the Société á Vent with Fleury and co-founder of the consortium J. S. Bach in Paris

Teached at the Schola Cantorium (since 1903, succeeding Barreres), the Institute Berlioz and at the Conservatoire Américain in Fontainebleau

1905

Goldberg travels to Berlin and gave him a Godfroy flute as a present

1913

Being the flutist of the Orchestre des Ballets Russes, he plays the premiere of Sacre du Printemps

1914

Four years of war captivity

1923

Flutist of the Orchestre d l´Opera

Makes chamber music with Boulanger, Casella, Enescu, Milhaud and others.

1927

Plays the premiere of Pierrot Lunaire, conducted by the composer Schönberg

19.02.1938

Goodbye concert in the Concerts Colonne (Mozart D-Dur)

1945

Retirement from the opera orchestra

01.12.1962

Dies in Clichy

Further information/Sources:

Adorján, András: Lexikon der Flöte
Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten
1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,
2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
Goldberg, Adolph: Portraits und Biographien hervorragender Flöten-Virtuosen, -Dilettanten und -Komponisten
Celle: Edition Moeck,
1987. - ISBN: 3-87549-028-2
Toff, Nancy: Monarch of the Flute
The Life of Georges Barrère
Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2005. - ISBN: 13-978-0-19-517016-0

Last edit 28.03.2014