Lily Laskine

French harpist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench harpist
PlacesFrance
wasEducator
Work fieldAcademia
Gender
Female
Birth31 August 1893, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death4 January 1988Paris, Île-de-France, France (aged 94 years)
Family
Father:Ernest Laskine
Spouse:Roland Charmy
The details

Biography

Lily Laskine (31 August 1893 in Paris– 4 January 1988 in Paris) was one of the most prominent harpists of the twentieth century. Born Lily Aimée Laskine to Jewish parents in Paris, she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alphonse Hasselmans and became a frequent performing partner of several distinguished French flautists, including Marcel Moyse and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Laskine also served as professor of harp at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1948 to 1958. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1958. She died in Paris.

Bibliography and discography

  • Marielle Nordmann, Lily Laskine, Éditions Cahiers du Temps, 1999 ISBN 2-911855-15-9
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  • L'Art de Lily Laskine, 1996 ASIN B00004UQ9H
  • Concerto pour flûte et harpe de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 2002 ASIN B000063JA9
  • Japanese Melodies for Flute and Harp, 1994 ASIN B0000034O5
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