French pianist Bruno Belthoise talks about keeping Florent Schmitt’s Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil (1912) part of his performing repertoire over the years.

December 10, 2017 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Four-Hand Music, Piano Music | tagged Adolfo Rascon Carbajal, Antonio Rosado, Bruno Belthoise, CeDeCe, Claude Maillols, Claudio Carneyro, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt Schmitt, Francesca Todesco, Francisco de Lacerda, French Composers, Hans Christian Andersen, Isadora Duncan, JoAnn Falletta, Joao Costa Ferreira, Julia Levien, Le Petit Elfe, Lisboa-Paris, Luiz Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Reflets d'Allemagne, Schola Cantorum, Sergio Azevedo, Teresa Valente Pereira, Trio Pangea, Trois Rapsodies, Une semaine due petit elfe Ferme-loeil | Leave a comment

In 2013, one of the earliest interviews I conducted for the Florent Schmitt Website + Blog was with the French pianist Bruno Belthoise. I had discovered him from YouTube, where several movements of Florent Schmitt’s piano four-hand suite Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil, Opus 58 had been uploaded from a performance he gave at the […]

The Invencia Piano Duo Completes its Florent Schmitt Series on the Grand Piano Label

October 13, 2013 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Four-Hand Music, Piano Music, Uncategorized | tagged Andrey Kasparov, Bizet, Bruno Belthoise, Classical Music, Claude Maillols, Elliott Carter, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Grand Piano, Humoresques, Invencia Piano Duo, Jeux d'Enfants, Lied et Scherzo, NAXOS, Oksana Lutsyshyn, Piano Music, Schmitt | 1 Comment

“[Florent Schmitt’s four-hand piano works are] probably the finest in the whole modern repertoire. Sanely modern and splendidly constructed (they are a joy to play), his large output — in quality and inspiration — stands alone, and his genius finds full expression in this form.” — Alec Rowley, English composer and keyboard artist One of […]

French Pianist Bruno Belthoise Talks About the Music of Florent Schmitt and Le petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil (1912)

August 10, 2013 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Music, Uncategorized | tagged Alcobaca Music Festival, Bruno Belthoise, Charles Oulmont, Classical Music, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Hans Christian Andersen, Laurent-Vibert, Le Concert Impromptu, Les Arts Florissants, Nones, Pascal le Corre, Porto Conservatory | 1 Comment

The French pianist Bruno Belthoise has been performing Florent Schmitt’s piano duet composition Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil, Op. 58 since 2006. Not only has he become a champion of the music score, he has also created a special presentation incorporating Schmitt’s music, story line narration and imagery that helps introduce children to the world of […]