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Isabelle Chapuis-Starr
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"French to her fingertips. She lit up the hall with a vivacious version of Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 1, performing with surety and technical control."
—San Francisco Chronicle
Born in Dijon, Isabelle Chapuis Starr studied with several of France's best-known flutists, including Jean-Pierre Rampal, Michel Debost, Gaston Crunelle, Christian Lardé, Alain Marion and Marcel Moyse. She attended the Conservatoire national supérieure de musique in Paris, in the flute class of Jean-Pierre Rampal. In 1971, she won the Premier prix de flûte at the Conservatoire de Paris. And in 1972, she won the Conservatory's Premier prix de musique de chambre. In 1975 at the age of 25, Ms. Chapuis Starr relocated in California, where she was appointed Lecturer-in-Flute in the Department of Music at San Jose State University. Ms. Chapuis Starr serves as Principal Flute of the Orchestra of Opera San José and since 1992, she serves as Principal Flute of the San José Chamber Orchestra under Music Director Barbara Day Turner.
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