Raymond Guiot



Raymond Guiot (born 5 October 1930) is a French flautist, pianist and composer. He has also trained many flutists throughout the world.

Biography
Guiot entered the Conservatoire de Roubaix at the age of 7, pushed by a father in love with classical music. In 1947, after two years in Marcel Moyse's class, he won first prize at the Conservatoire de Paris. A few months later, he joined the Opéra de Lille as piccolo under the direction of conductors Fernand Oubradous and Georges Prêtre. There he learned his trade for three consecutive years, playing many operas, operettas and lyrical comedies.

He then taught flute at the École nationale de musique de Calais from 1950 to 1956. It was at this time that he prepared - alone - the Geneva competition, of which he won the first prize in 1954.

In 1956, the French Republican Guard Band of Paris gave him the opportunity to leave Calais. He then started to work a lot for the Parisian recording studios.

First flute at the Opéra de Paris from 1962 to 1991, he also became assistant to Alain Marion at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1977.

Compositions
His compositions are based on classical forms and borrow certain elements from jazz.

Albums
These albums were mostly made for music illustration labels; they are not albums in the traditional sense of the term, i.e. records sold commercially and distributed in the media. See production music.
 * 1965: Raymond Guiot - Bach Street
 * 1965: Raymond Guiot - Haendel with care
 * 1966: Raymond Guiot and his orchestra - Boum Bomo
 * 1968: Raymond Guiot - Scarlatti Sounds, (LP) Tele Music TM 3000
 * 1970: Raymond Guiot - Jazz Baroque Quintet, (LP) Tele Music TM 3003
 * 1971: Raymond Guiot plays Domenico Scarlatti
 * 1972: Raymond Guiot - Néo-Classiques, (LP) Tele Music TM 3025
 * 1973: Raymond Guiot - Jazz Panorama, (LP) Tele Music TM 3031
 * 1974: Raymond Guiot - Instruments à vents, vol. 2, (LP) Tele Music TM 3036
 * 1974: Raymond Guiot - Flûtes & Harpes, (LP) Tele Music TM 3039
 * 1975: Raymond Guiot - Indicatifs, (LP) Tele Music TM 3042
 * 1975: Raymond Guiot - Flûtes & Guitares, (LP) Tele Music 3054
 * 1976: Raymond Guiot - Basse contre Basse, (LP) Tele Music TM 3059
 * 1978: Raymond Guiot - Baronne baroque
 * 197?: Raymond Guiot - I like Johann Sebastien
 * 1983: Raymond Guiot - Néo-Classiques, vol. 2, (LP) Tele Music TM 3088
 * 1985: Raymond Guiot - Air Generation, (LP) Tele Music 3101

With Guy Pedersen

 * 1970: Raymond Guiot & Guy Pedersen - Indian pop bass, (LP) Tele Music TM 709
 * 1970: Raymond Guiot & Guy Pedersen - Contrebasses, (LP) Tele Music TM 3014
 * 1971: Raymond Guiot & Guy Pedersen - Musique en Vrac, (LP) Tele Music TM 3017

Others

 * 1970: Raymond Guiot & Maurice Plessac - Flute & Hapsichord, (LP) Tele Music TM 3011
 * 1971: Raymond Guiot & R. Auteloup - Instruments à vent, vol.1, (LP) Tele Music TM 3020
 * 1973: Raymond Guiot & Pierre Bachelet - Pianos romantiques, (LP) Tele Music TM 3024
 * 1988: Raymond Guiot & Alain Marion - Golden Flute Club

Original Film Scores
Guiot participated as a musician, he did not compose the music.
 * 1957: Henri Crolla / Hubert Rostaing / André Hodeir - La Parisienne (film by Michel Boisrond)
 * 1959: Alain Goraguer - J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (film) (film by Michel Gast)
 * 1959: Serge Gainsbourg / Alain Goraguer - Les Loups dans la bergerie (film by Hervé Bromberger)
 * 1967: François de Roubaix - Le Samouraï (film by Jean-Pierre Melville)
 * 1968: Vladimir Cosma - Very Happy Alexander (film by Yves Robert)
 * 1969: Vladimir Cosma - Clérambard (film by Yves Robert)
 * 1970: Eric Demarsan - Le Cercle rouge (film by Jean-Pierre Melville)

Albums as studio musician
A very important part of Raymond Guiot's musical activity consisted of recording for the French music world in the 1960s and 1970s, but the musicians were then only rarely credited.

Albums as "Sideman"

 * 1960: André Hodeir - Jazz & Jazz
 * 1962: Elek Bacsik - Bossa Nova (EP)
 * 1969: Le Monde Musical de Baden Powell, volume 2
 * 1970: Claude Ciari and The Batucada Seven
 * 1971: Baden Powell
 * 1973: Maxime Saury - Blue and Sentimental
 * 1977: Baden Powell Canta Vinicus de Moraes e Paolo Cesar Pinheiro
 * 1982 : April orchestra - Duty Free, (LP) APR 45
 * 198? : April Orchestra - Mélodies de Cour

Compositions by Raymond Guiot on CD

 * Sandrine François - Bluesy Prelude, (Hybrid Music, 2008)
 * Flautissimo vol.29, Hommage à Raymond Guiot