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Stéphane Réty began his musical studies in his birthplace, Lorient,France. Further studies took him to the conservatory of Nantes (Guy Cottin's class) and finally to the Paris Conservatory (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris) where he was in Michel Debost's class, winning a unanimous first prize in flute and chamber music (Cristian Larde'class) in 1989.
First prize winner of the Vierzon international competition, prize winner of the Rampal competition, he has held the position of flute solo in various orchestras including the Orchestre de Paris, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Zürich Tonhalle, Stuttgart Philharmonic.
In 1991,he was appointed principal flutist of the Basel Radio Orchestra, and is currently principal of the Basel Simphony Orchestra, and of the Zürcher Kammer Orchester.
As a soloist, he frequently appears throughout Europe, America and Asia. Amongst premieres, in 1985, in Belgium he gave the first performance of Joachim Rodrigo's Flute Concerto, and also, in Brussels, the first performance of Nocturnes for Flute and String Orchestra by Wim Hendericks, conducted by Barth Van De Velde, 2001.
He has made several recordings,including Johann Sebastian Bach's Suite No 2, under the direction of Rudolf Barshai, and the Brandenburg Concertos with the Seoul Chamber Ensemble for EMI.
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His latest CD release is devoted to Debussy for flute and harp with Nicolas Tulliez on the French label Skarbo.
Stéphane Rety has been invited throughout the world to give master classes, including Europe, U.S., South Korea, and Brazil. In addition, he has been assistant conductor of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, and has composed film music,such as the score for the documentary A star called Ayrton Senna distributed by TF1 Video.
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