Annie Challan (born 5 November 1940) is a French harpist. Born in Toulouse, Annie Challan is composer René Challan's daughter. She started playing the piano at the age of 2 and then the harp at the age of 9 in the class of Lily Laskine with whom she obtained at 15 the prize of the Conservatoire de Paris. At 16, she was named solo harp in the Concerts Colonne, and at 18, she entered the Opéra de Paris, where she was the youngest in the orchestra. She created the first harp duo with Suzanne Cote ...