Flutists and flautists: biography, notable interpretations.
Collection of notable flutists who have made publicly available recordings of the flute repertoire represented on the MASTERING the FLUTE website.
Remarkable flutists
Le Roy, Rene
René Le Roy was a prominent French flutist who studied with Adolphe Hennebains, Léopold Lafleurance and Philippe Gaubert at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Le Roy was a popular soloist and chamber music player who made many recordings. He was a founding member of "Quintette Instrumental de Paris", the chamber music group consisting of flute, harp and string trio who inspired many composers to write music for them: Albert Roussel, Vincent d'Indy etc.
In 1952 he became a solo flutist in the New York City Opera where he remained for sixteen years. In 1971 he moved back to Paris and taught chamber music at the Paris Conservatory.