[Music] [Music] in one year he travels over 180,000 miles plays over 200 concerts earning over 250,000 dollars he is described as flamboyant a paragon a virtuoso one of the greatest flute players in history his name is jean-pierre Rampal at a time when the flute is enjoying great popularity in jazz and rock romper can claim credit for the resurgence of the flute in classical music not only as a performer but also as a creator of new works transcribing pieces originally written for other instruments Rampal may not be the only virtuoso flute player in the world but his superstar status is unique he has a magnetic stage presence coming from an enviable mix of technical proficiency and exuberant energy that springs from his love for music and joy of performing he rivets the iron suits the ear with his particularly French sonority a warm dark richness of sound that is expressly round piles recently he was in New York to play a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall and to conduct a masterclass at the 92nd Street Y he talked with music critic and editor David Rosenthal other flew display on platinum flutes silver flutes why do you use gold ones Wow silver silver is very good is very brilliant platinum I don't speak about it I don't like it it's too heavy for me really really very heavy and and gold you know I feel it's very warm how do you always travel with two flutes because if I carry only one flute I will I will be in trouble and some bad will be not good some spring will be out and you you must have a second instrument it must be the same I almost was saying they are never saying it cannot be the same when you play very often you're very active on stage you sort of leave around and move your head and move your flute and you look to Mary oh yeah but I get out there what do you think about when you're up on the stage you're up on the concert platform playing the flute well most of the time you you are involved with the music you know you have to be involved in really sometimes you think to the people you see in front of you you know you you you are you it's necessary for you to be inspired by somebody and you have always to catch somebody in the front row two three rolling not always a beautiful girl not always not always it's not necessary you cannot be inspired by a lot of people have an ugly face can inspire you you are attached by somebody you know somebody it must be a connection you know not only with all the public ways but with some specific people it's one question I want to ask about the Rampal myth Rand Paul does not practice - or false it's partly true I don't practice an office true but I play a play to match you know I would not say that I had that circa gas answer to somebody recently I think he said that after all you know you practice on the stage or sometime you know I think shocking I am Not sure but I heard that and I like it you know it's you leave on your capital a little bit no I practice a lot when I was young and there's one manuals you know you kind of practice all your life you know but I practice when I need you know what happens now when you're playing a concert a concerto concert you know and you're working with a conductor who you don't really know and he turns out to be as you say a bad conductor does that drive you crazy no Deb no I just go I'm waiting for the end of the concert it's all you cannot do anything you know what I didn't have a lot of argument with with musicians and conductors I don't like to have argument those people I think that if you start with argument when you play music you know music is the act of love you know it's if you really if you have an argument with somebody it's better to leave you know and to to cancel the concert and and even I never do it I was sometimes unhappy you know many times you know are you the best no nobody is the best it's impossible to be the best you can be the best if you are a sport man but but art cannot be measured you cannot say is the best pianist is the best violinist in the world it it isn't nonsense you know you can be the best-selling recall artist okay they I agree on the fruit but doesn't prove that I am the best rompers records are bestsellers he's recorded hundreds of separate works in his distributed worldwide the current Chauhan catalogue lists over 35 releases and Rampal now has five Columbia and RCA albums on the classical top 40 charts the bestseller is a collaboration with jazz pianist and composer Claude bowling [Music] a performance by Rampal and bowling at the bottom line in 1976 an airplay of the album on a leading progressive rock station helped attract a new audience for Empire but insomniacs in the mid 60's could often have listened to as much as four hours at a time of classical ronpa played by DJ bill watson on WNCN