Robert Langevin

Who is Robert Langevin?

Robert Langevin is a Canadian flautist. He has been principal flute of the New York Philharmonic since 2000 and is a former principal flutist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He was associate principal flute with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for 13 years and can be heard on more than 30 recordings with that orchestra. He is a former faculty member of Duquesne University and the Université de Montréal. He currently serves on the faculties of the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music.

Langevin was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec and at the age of 12 began studying the flute privately in his native city. At the age of 15 he began playing the flute in the Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestra. He earned premiere prixs in flute performance and chamber music from the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal in 1976 where he was a pupil of Jean-Paul Major. While a student there he began working as a session artist in Toronto recording studios.

In 1976 Langevin won the Prix d'Europe. The award provided him with the opportunity to take graduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Aurèle Nicolet. After graduating from that school in 1979, he pursued further studies with Maxence Larrieu in Geneva. In 1980 he was awarded second prize at the Budapest International Competition.