'''Lily Laskine''' (31 August 1893 – 4 January 1988) was one of the most prominent harpists of the twentieth century who was born and died in Paris. Born Lily Aimée Laskine to Jewish parents in Paris, she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alphonse Hasselmans and became a frequent performing partner of several distinguished French flautists, including Marcel Moyse and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Laskine also served as professor of harp at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1948 to 1958. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1958. She died in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Commire|editor1-first=Anne|first=John|last=Haag|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|date=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications|location=Waterford, Connecticut|isbn=0-7876-4074-3|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591305202.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924170407/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591305202.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-09-24|chapter=Laskine, Lily (1893–1988)|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
In 1936 she married Roland Charmy, a violinist and academic of the Conservatoire de Paris.
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== Bibliography and discography == ;Books * Marielle Nordmann, ''Lily Laskine'', Éditions Cahiers du Temps, 1999 {{ISBN|2-911855-15-9}} *{{cite book| language = fr| first1 = Alain | last1 = Pâris | title = Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l'interprétation musicale au XX| series = Bouquins| publisher = Éditions Robert Laffont| location = Paris | year = 1995| page = 604| isbn = 2-221-08064-5}} *{{cite book| language = fr| first1 = Theodore| last1 = Baker |authorlink1= Theodore Baker | first2 = Nicolas| last2 = Slonimsky|authorlink2= Nicolas Slonimsky| translator = Marie-Stella Pâris| title = Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens; Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians | series = Bouquins|publisher = Éditions Robert Laffont| location = Paris | year = 1995| page= 2322|isbn = 2-221-06787-8}}
;Records * ''L'Art de Lily Laskine'', 1996 {{ASIN|B00004UQ9H}} * ''Concerto pour flûte et harpe'' de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 2002 {{ASIN|B000063JA9}} * ''Japanese Melodies for Flute and Harp'', 1994 {{ASIN|B0000034O5}}
== External links == *{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/lily-laskine|title=Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions|publisher=answers.com|accessdate=2016-06-18}} *{{cite web|url=http://lilylaskine.online.fr/english/association/association.htm|title=L'association des amis de Lily Laskine|publisher=lilylaskine.online.fr|accessdate=2016-06-18}}
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