Florent Schmitt is featured as BBC Music Magazine‘s Composer of the Month in its September 2020 issue.

Composer of the Month designation coincides with the commemoration of Schmitt’s 150th birthday anniversary. BBC Music Magazine has honored French composer Florent Schmitt as its Composer of the Month for September, 2020.  The coverage coincides with activities commemorating the 150th birthday anniversary of the composer, who was born in Blâmont, Lorraine on September 28, 1870. […]

Is Florent Schmitt’s Antony & Cleopatra (1920) beginning the transition from “rarity” to “rep we know”?

This year, Florent Schmitt’s opulent score will be presented by two leading orchestras — the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony — in collaboration with Shakespeare’s Globe. It’s quite interesting to witness a piece of classical music make the journey from being a rarity to becoming mainstream. I can think of several examples, headlined by […]