The creations in which Gaston Blanquart participated are numerous and of primary importance: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l’océan (1907) and the Rhapsodie espagnole (1908), Claude Debussy: Danses for harp (1904), Vincent D’Indy: Jour d’été à la montagne (1906) etc.
A friend of many great soloists and composers - we know that Camille Saint-Saëns appreciated him very much and that he was the favorite flautist of Maurice Ravel - he very often played with partners such as Nadia Boulanger, Pablo Casals, Georges Enesco, Lily Laskine, Jacques Thibaud among many others.
He participated in several very important premieres by Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka in June 1911 at the Châtelet, The Nightingale in May 1914 and The Rite of Spring given at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 29 May 1913.
In December 1927, he participated in the Salle Pleyel to the sole performance of Pierrot lunaire by Arnold Schönberg directed in France by the composer.
[3] Gaston Blanquart had a passion for pedagogy and had many pupils throughout his life, both in private and at the Schola Cantorum de Paris and at the Institut Berlioz.
At the time of retirement, the last show in which Gaston Blanquart participated was the Faust by Charles Gounod where the role of Marguerite was held by a twenty-five year young debutante: Victoria de Los Angeles.