Louis Moyse

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Louis Moyse

Louis Moyse (August 14, 1912 - July 30, 2007) was a famous French flute player and composer. He was the son of influential French flutist Marcel Moyse whom, he co-founded the Vermont's Marlboro Music Festival with and was a teacher to top 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 his father's teacher, Philippe Gaubert. Louis Moyse was a member of his father's successful Moyse Trio where he was on the piano and wife Blanche Honegger on the flute.

Louis Moyse also taught for many years at the Boston University and the University of Toronto, and continued giving private lessons at his home in Westport, New York and later in Montepelier, Vermont, where he resided for the last nine years of his life. He also gave annual master classes in his father's hometown, Saint Amour, France, until 2005.