Marion was born in
Marseille on Christmas Day 1938. He studied at the Marseille Conservatoire under flutist
Joseph Rampal, and gained the award
premier prix de flûte when he was only 14. He later studied with
Jean-Pierre Rampal (son of Joseph) at the
Conservatoire de Paris (where he eventually became a professor), won a prize at the
Geneva International Music Competition. In 1964, the French national broadcaster
Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française appointed Marion as first flutist, and later to the
Orchestre de Paris. In 1972 he became a soloist for the
Orchestre National de France. He joined the chamber orchestra
Ensemble InterContemporain in 1977, working with
Pierre Boulez. He taught every summer at the
Académie internationale d'été de Nice, becoming director in 1986. During his tenure as director, musicians including
Jean-Pierre Rampal,
Jessye Norman and
Henryk Szeryng taught at the organisation. Marion played a gold flute, made by the
Sankyo Flute Company of Japan, and performed repertoire from multiple musical styles. He expressed particular admiration for
Baroque flutist-composers, as well as for the Czech composer
Bohuslav Martinů. Marion died of a
heart attack while on tour in
Seoul, South Korea, aged 59. ==References==