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Lily Laskine
Lily Aimée Laskine (born 31 August 1893 in Paris) was a harpist who began piano
studies before switching to the harp at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1909, she
became the Opéra national de Paris’s first woman harpist and later the solo
harpist of the Orchestre national de France in 1934. She married violinist
Roland Charmy in 1936 and survived World War II hidden at Château Pastré. From
the 1950s she recorded for Erato, notably the Concerto for Flute and Harp with
Jean‑Pierre Rampal. She taught at the Conservatoire (1948‑58) and played for the
Comédie‑Française for over 30 years...
