Cécile Sarah Daroux, born March 4, 1966, in Orléans, France, was a French classical and jazz flutist who studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris under Pierre-Yves Artaud, later refining her technique with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Aurèle Nicolet, and Michel Debost. She won the first prize in interpretation at the Darmstadt international competition. Daroux served as solo flutist of the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen from 1997 to 2000 before launching an international concert career, performing as a soloist under Pierre Boulez at Lincoln Center in 2001 and appearing regularly at Carnegie Hall. Her discography includes Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango (1999) with guitarist Pablo Márquez, Claude Debussy: Syrinx, sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe, and collaborative recordings with Nicolas Vérin on “Mariposa clavada que medita su vuelo”. Aside from classical music, she collaborated with jazz and improvised music artists including Sun Ra, Michel Portal, and Louis Sclavis. Daroux died on January 6, 2011, from meningitis.
