Sarah Louvion is a prize winner of numerous international competitions, including first prize in Kobe, Japan, and third prize in Geneva, both in 2001.
Composer's Artistic Vision
André Jolivet considered the flute "the most excellent instrument ever," believing it charges its sounds with a visceral and cosmic human emanation.
Performer Biography
Sarah Louvion, the flutist on this album, studied both flute and mathematics and physics at university.
Recording & Production
This recording of Pierre-Philippe Bauzin's Concerto for flute and stringed instruments, Op. 22, is its first release on disc, despite being recorded for radio in 1967 with Jean-Pierre Rampal.
Performer Biography
Since 2002, Sarah Louvion has been the principal flutist of the Frankfurter Museumsorchester/Frankfurt Opera Orchestra.
Composition History
André Jolivet's "Chant de Linos" was written in 1944 for a competition at the Paris Conservatory, where Jean-Pierre Rampal was among the first prize winners.
Composition History
Many French concertos for flute and strings from a 30-year period, including Pierre-Philippe Bauzin's Concerto, were written for the renowned flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal.
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