Robert Veyron-Lacroix

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Robert Veyron-Lacroix, born 13 December 1922, in Paris and died at Garches (Hauts-de-Seine) 3 April 1991, he was a distinguished Parisian harpsichordist and pianist whose post-war career was defined by his musical partnership with the celebrated French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922-2000). Veyron-Lacroix’s technical assurance and sensitive musicianship helped to create a rewarding partnership in the immediate post-war years. From their first major public recital together – at the Salle Gaveau in Paris in 1949, at a time when whole concerts for flute and piano were unfashionable – they went on to perform together around the world for over thirty years and won many awards for their recordings. In the early 1980s, owing to ill-health, Veyron-Lacroix retired from their partnership, and Rampal forged a new duo with American pianist John Steele Ritter.