Yet even in this 30th anniversary year of his United States debut, Jean-Pierre Rampal seems a little surprised and more than a little embarrassed by the loftiness of his position.

Jean-Pierre Rampal wasn’t always slated to be the guy who would bring the flute back to prominence on the solo stage. However, a world war and exceptional skill would turn Rampal into the ...

Jean-Pierre Rampal, the trail-blazing French flautist and original “man with the golden flute,” was the first to venture centre-stage as a soloist on the international concert circuit after ...

Rampal, of course, is most familiar in his role as flute virtuoso, with a multitude of best-selling recordings that roam widely from classical repertoire to jazz. However, the French musician also ...

If Jean-Pierre Rampal’s parents had had their wish, the celebrated flutist would have become a doctor. But his love of the flute, which he began playing at age 12, was so strong that he turned ...

Flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal is one of the most recorded classical musicians of all time. He had a keen interest in Baroque music and made it his mission to recover flute compositions from that era.

Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had ...

Jean-Pierre Rampal restored the flute to the prestigious solo position it had enjoyed in the 18th century. As well as playing much modern music for the flute, Rampal also championed Baroque repertoire ...

He played a role in introducing such artists as the flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal and Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach) to a broader public.