[1] He has studied under Gaston Crunelle and Marcel Moyse.
[2] Debost has won major international competitions.
[4] He replaced Jean-Pierre Rampal as Professor of flute at the Conservatoire de Paris.
[5] Debost has recorded much flute repertoire on LPs and CD.
[6] He lives in the United States with his wife Kathleen Chastain who is also a flutist.