Editing Jean-Pierre Rampal (section)

==Early years==
Born in [[Marseille]],{{#tag:ref|Rampal's autobiography gives the address as 20 rue Brochier in central Marseille.<ref name="autobio"/>|group=nb}} the only child of Andrée (née Roggero) and flautist [[Joseph Rampal]]. His father Joseph was taught by Hennebains, who also taught [[René Le Roy|Rene le Roy]] and [[Marcel Moyse]].<ref name="frenchflute">[[#Dorgeuille|Dorgeuille]], p. 26</ref><ref group=nb>Joseph Rampal studied flute at the Paris Conservatoire where [[Adolphe Hennebains]] (1862–1914) had in 1909 succeeded Paul Taffanel as professor of flute. Joseph Rampal went on to win the First Prize in the Conservatoire's annual flute competition in 1919.</ref> 

Under the tutelage of his father, Rampal began playing the flute at the age of 12. He studied the Altès method at the Conservatoire, where he won first prize in the school's annual flute competition in 1937 at age 16. This was also the year of his first public recital at the Salle Mazenod in Marseille. By then, Rampal was playing second flute alongside his father in the Orchestre des Concerts Classiques de Marseille.<ref name="autobio"/>

His career in music began without the full encouragement of his parents. Rampal's mother and father encouraged him to become a doctor or surgeon as they felt those professions were more reliable than becoming a professional musician. At the beginning of the Second World War, Rampal duly entered medical school in Marseille, studying there for three years. In 1943, authorities of the [[Nazi]] Occupation of France drafted him for forced labour in Germany. To avoid this, he fled to Paris, where it was easier to avoid detection, by frequently changing his lodgings.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

While in Paris, Rampal auditioned to study flute at the [[Paris Conservatoire]], where he was taught by [[Gaston Crunelle]] from January 1944. Years later, he succeeded Crunelle as flute professor at the Conservatoire. After four months, Rampal's performance of [[André Jolivet|Jolivet]]'s ''Le chant de Linos'' won him the coveted first prize in the conservatory's annual flute competition.<ref>[[#Dorgeuille|Dorgeuille]], p. 73.</ref><ref group=nb>Joseph won first prize playing Busser's "Thème Varié".</ref>