Jean Pierre Rampal Interview

Smile bitch. OK but that's not always part how it's terrified by that you know in the name completely. Do you kid you often you know the page you see Mr. Brown how do you spell B are all. W O N who just spell again Mr. Brown. Rest a little buddy. You've had such a fascinating life. Tell us why you decided here your lives were fascinating life. Yes. Sometime sometime not so good. Yesterday it was not fascinating at all it took for me. I left deal telling New York at 1:00 and I did reach them here at 10:00 p.m. It's not very fascinating in that case it's the most horrible profession in the world. But now you know because we will we're going to play. It's OK it's a beautiful life.

That's when you first got it like your father like my father was playing and at the beginning I wanted to play the flute without the knee. Any idea in my mind was special to become a professional but it turned in a way that more and more what I was playing the flute and in playing the music I was was really so excited that I finally also under the special circumstances. During the first Leicester last World War I started to go to to be a doctor and finally the live turn that I start to to play a concert and finally I decided to be only a musician not a doctor. I stop in my surgery. Medical studies then and since then

I'm playing the. Because I know it's true. I don't know you know that the food can be magical A can be it can be boring also you know. But fortunately there is a lot of young players and less YOUNG Well really playing magically the fruit and we leave the rest of the players for you know. Because they use too many food and too many bad food players. But fortunately zazen lot still a lot of wonderful players among the young. And that is it's a pleasure for me to listen to such artist. But most of the time I'd been lying to you. When it is not really what it played it's horrible. But every instrument is

horrible when he's not fantastically play. Music is you know all music has to be perfect. Otherwise you should play for yourself in your room it's all like a concert you know and it's nice. But there is too much professional musicians. I don't speak about who to whom to many a professional musician musician around the good you know and unfortunately you know the people they don't make so much of a difference sometimes. Well maybe school. Maybe it's good that way you know because otherwise you know it would be a sad life. Speaking of her weekly world no no no no. I mean these are the greatest flutist in the world is the one you like the most. Then this is just a question

like of the will who is the most beautiful girl in the world. And some some people that are garner some some people say Elizabeth a lot it's not true. You know it's for certain people. This girl is the best one. She has the best legs. She has the best face. She has the best body possible the same of other people. It's a country and fortune I think is like that because you can imagine if a women men who have been who like to be in love with her with the same woman could be a car got that stuffy You know and I sing for the music is the same. Do you prefer Mr. So-and-So or the pianist and the other is preventing Mr. So and so Mrs. So and So and it's very well in all the world is very well arranged that way. That these days of provision of pleasure for everybody. You know fortunately you know it's true. How

does it make any guy to be great. I didn't understand OK of you people you say everybody. Some people like one person and like another person that has been shot the majority of people like you I don't know and that you say so or you know maybe maybe but it's not the it's not me you know I cannot tell you it really is true or not you know fortunately there for me here so I know that a lot of people they like me but I don't know why. While I know all because I'm not so bad you know. You know otherwise I would love like me but why would they prefer me to another people. That is a poorly purely subjective you know purely subjective and it does nor no interference with anything you know you know you're like this

color and I like this color as sole. But of course I'm very happy that the WHO ARE NICE following. It's OK if they bring you some letters when using them. Great. Well there is always a favorite you have. It's true my my favorite composer. It's not because of the cruelty to Archer bit in general is Mozart. The this is the really the genius for me the pure genius and the man who who takes me out of the world all the time in the US the Indio pariah and the symphonies and concerti in the German music you know but I mean a dog bark and be told and Bramsen should Burton and everybody and Prokofiev AFN and one of the blue sea and Wagner you know.

But my my favorite if you ask me my favorite is Mozart. But who is not discrimination of all the other people you know it was a group you know and I'm not trying to you know if you say OK I like Mozart opera from Mozart and I don't I don't like the other side. But for me Mozart was most of the works is for me the typical genius. Not only the perfection of perfection in your money. As for the issues and I'm very moved by Mozart only but by that not because of the profession of of course it was a perfect composer but also that the way you know he extracts the music from is solve and show to us and and instill without losing the personality of a human being you know because essent many times your norm. I can be very good

but my music is not as true you know it's true. It was sometime very odd because Vern Garrity is a part of humanity. But this music is never never but she's wearing there. Well you know if you if you asked me to bring in a desert island some something by Mozart that would be very it will be very cruel for me to ask that because of course I would like to to bring with me Don Giovanni which which is not the most perfect opera by Mozart but the most human opera but I would like also to to bring them all I'm really just musing in the chamber music is fabulous. The piano concerti are and believable specially the the 15 or 20 last one church. It's difficult to make a choice I will say the flute works of course I play it. They are nice but they are not the best the best of mortals.

Why is it used. Right now I've really enjoyed that. I enjoy what I enjoy to tour when I'm in a in good position myself you know with the health and fortunately right now you know I have problem with it with my legs. I got an operation on the left knee and I have to get an operation of the right one by one. Trusses and I have to fix that. But to feel that I have to to to find a period of time where I could readjust after you know re-education and its will be not before the middle of November next week. Then after I must have two two months and the whole stop. And I would tell you after he is working much better because I

always have been a tourist you know always I like to walk. I like to go in a strange country a very different country or my country of our countries and I like to do walk I like to visit. And right now since two years and I'm a little disappointed about that you know because I cannot walk so well then it is but I try to do my best. Still the last time I was in Japan I did the best the maximum watching it was possible for me. I mean it was you and I how many times is this your first year. I don't know. I kind of you asked me question you know I told you I'm going to have a good memory but not so good another I don't want to be rude for people because if I didn't play in Mississippi and if you say oh you don't remember

that the people there will be big Satan. They are not to be very excited because you know I visit so many countries. I must say that the United States is one of my favorite places to play and to visit because I have a lot of friends and I love the country I love the public but I don't you know I know that I did play almost everywhere in this country everywhere but we split season. It's difficult if you speak to me about the wheezy and I of course I did play which I did. I did play in in the west coast almost everywhere. If you asked me for a plane of Central America I've played probably everywhere but my you know my remembrance. We may not know that yet here is going to be the 300 anniversary of the ranch. How is the case here. I know and yeah I was with other colonization as a not to bad taste.

I don't sing. So you know finally I'm very proud to be French because of the colonization of principle as a nation was not so not so bad. Everywhere we are there was a French colony German very well I will not say the same thing for English in all the other colors in showing reship Or maybe they were too a little too snob with the people but usually the French left a good Sunia look in the Far East for example you know it's still the people that are really the they feel like it was a little like mother France. And I hope that in this country in fact you know we left a long time ago you know at the time of 14 you know and I think that we left a good suit. I hope I'm from a life in ours where our army is really an audience are drawn. I did play a lot in New Orleans even if I sought to call in New

Orleans and to place completely ridiculous because it's not it's not the place you go to play you know what I mean. A concert of course a lot of the public are playing many times there and back but this place is just to enjoy. I would say the same thing for some Francis some Francisco played and read last time. But still I believe that some Francis will is only day place. When I'm arriving in San Francisco I'm not arriving to play I will play but some Francisco or some Francis will and I know you my friend and I know you just know it's not exactly a jazz mean to improvise and I'm not a brother or brothers of employees or you know I play what was written which some variations you know but but everything I played was Claude BOLLING was written down except some some provision of

the provision. We're always interested in knowing what the rest of the writings about our music this is it's pretty dark. Oh yeah so I'm a fan of jazz especially of the original jazz fan. Completely different. And I'm still a that. I don't lie so much to the new modern style jars. I like the classical jazz. I like all the music from other countries I like Indian music at the play a lot of music which Ravi Shankar did play records with them and recently I went for the the situation for the 50s so the wish of India in New Delhi and I play with Javier and I did like very much in love I love to be in the in the movement of music in other countries. I love music in Japan. Going every year and I'm very excited.

The Japanese agency even if it is special when you go around the world you see it with how you're in here you see in this city you know that yeah you like to hang out that you know is true. Now Memphis I am inspired by that you know the only thing I cannot I will not go in this field because I it's very it's strange to me. He's Freud and he's a for example country. I wish I watch I listen. I'm very interested but I will never play country music here because it is it is not my style. The song I just enjoy City of Joy that's all. I don't like rock music. I don't like what they call the color of the school. Now these diseases are ways of sort of just what you have in there is not jazz is.

It's what they call this really more than you know yes rap. Rap rap rap rap yet never from Iraq it's nothing nothing which I don't think about about their brother about drugs. You know it's for me it's not interested you know Homs I'm sorry to say that. Like losing are all I hear is blues and gospel of course this is music. But drop it. So I don't understand what accomplishment are you most proud you made in your mind but all you know I'm probably going to have to have been in my life. I sing quite honestly and it was a good from any good for me or friends or soul soul. It's very important when you have good friends and a large family and everyone who's been good to him. No problem. You can be a problem yourself. Even if I didn't do it myself but

maybe I had something to do with maybe. We're right in line here. It's all the money has passed by them. Well it's just different you know everything is different with history you all you know was cloudy only money. Oh I played with him since about four five years is it was a. But the two pre-law student of mine in in Barcelona is cut along. He says banish spend yard with catalogue first scatter. And the end was John I play since 25 years ago. John is like a brother and this is we have a such a connection together that this is like if you will one man do the same music is Nazri many people

you know we play the same we play the same we have no we have to rehearse we rehearse but when we do these are a convulse. I don't know if you can translate it in in English plenty of answers but you everybody feels says oh yeah you have not to explain you breathe the same time in the same place you do the thing. If we went to change you know for certain color or certain temple we are not to speak in advance. One love one of the three of all three they change we fall. They don't follow music which are full of them something. This is German music is that I had a lot of a lot of joy to it to play was some good Fred like Isaac like on top of each others you know a lot of American players and what the same pleasure I was Wiz's to two gentlemen this winter city and we had same

day still so we liked the same food the same foods Menu Foods. We have no care for little gain. All of these you know steak you know like the French you know we love everything we sing bottom line and it's like a symphony symphony I love I don't know I love I don't blame the symphony of course since that time when I was younger but I like to play with a concerto of course of the orchestra. No problem I like to play recycles tours but if you are lucky enough to play with orchestra other stories which I'm a music and we side all you are completely satisfied. He's a paradise as well can you ask more. Why do you enjoy it master. I enjoy some time some time I don't enjoy it although it is not my mistake you know. You know Eve the eve of the third and I wouldn't.

It's fantastic it's a source of inspiration. If they're sittin on good you know don't speak about it I sing is of the words the worst moment you can spend your life you know. But fortunately your knowledge of the level of performance is so I that most of the time the people of very good and it's always going to be wonderfully change of inspiration. What makes a good ma first sound the sound if you are not a good sonority forget it. It's like you want to be a great singer not a good voice. The quality of voices were improperly quote here a great deal of sound is rain bottom. Then you must have everything your must have the technique above the technique. You know I mean fall for you if you want to play well you have to be more more stronger than you

Taney you know you have to to want to fly above your technique then you are free and you can express everything you want. That is difficult. It doesn't happen often but sometime in your life you can say oh today you know I think I did you did play very well. I forgot the instrument if you forgot the instrument is it's a good sign. If you have 20 you have a problem with this woman. Forget it. Once you learn you know how to write a rhyme. Yeah. What do you have students learn. I don't know I don't know I tried. While music on the speaking is different you know some people that they need to be to be taught ones a certain boy and some other another point but I hope that that will bring them a little of the

maximal flow of this is of most importance. Love is simple if you love music and if the bubbly. The pervy while listening you they they they feel your love for music. It's OK what what you know kind of small. When he answered there's a little already. But once you're out for the next generation of leaders coming up. Well I seen the next generation and the laughter over an ocean generation and the next one. They are very good they are much better in technique than the the one before. Then the only thing I will I will not I will be a Fred is because of this technique. The people there will they will listen on their own dignity you know. And that this would be a pity because of these all these international contest more you play faster

and and cleaner and more you all. Yeah we can eyes but this is not this is not an off. If the music doesn't pass with it. It's just a demonstration of the thing. It's very you know thoroughly enjoy me to where you go out and. Thank you very much. Well thank them.