Alain Marion,one of the greatest flute virtuoso of our day was born in Marseille, France, in 1938. As a boy he studied with Joseph Rampal(the father of Jean-Pierre) graduating from the Marseille Conservatoire at the age of 14. At the time he went to Paris to continue studying with Jean-Pierre Rampal. In 1961 he was a prizewinner at the International Music Competition at Geneva.
He was a founding member of the Orchestre de Paris then became solo flutist with the Orchestre National de France. His concert tours took him across Europe, Japan, North America, Central America and North Africa.
He was a Flute Professor at the Paris Conservatory and recorded extensively and appeared as soloist at several National Flute Association conventions in the United States. His sudden death in Seoul, Korea in August, 1998 saddened the international music community.
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