Louis Moyse
Male, Deceased Person
1912 – 2007
Who was Louis Moyse?
Louis Moyse was a famous French flute player and composer. He was the son of influential French flutist Marcel Moyse, a co-founder of the Vermont Marlboro Music Festival, and taught many world-class flutists all over the world. He died of heart failure at age 94.
Louis Moyse was born in Scheveningen, Netherlands during one of his father's tours. His first flute teachers were his father and Philippe Gaubert. Louis Moyse was a member of the successful Moyse Trio where his father played flute, Louis played piano and his former wife, Blanche Honegger Moyse, violin.
Louis Moyse also taught for 27 years at Marlboro College, and was professor at Boston University and the University of Toronto. He continued giving private lessons in Westport, New York while touring with his wife Janet White Moyse, of 33 years, around the world and the United States. They later moved to Montpelier, Vermont, for the last nine years of his life. He also gave semiannual master classes and concerts in his hometown, St.-Amour, France, until 2004.
He is considered by some to be one of the most prolific producers of flute music worldwide, which has been published by G.
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- Born
- Aug 14, 1912
Scheveningen - Also known as
- Моиз, Луи
- Parents
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Died
- Jul 30, 2007
Montpelier
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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