French music specialist Michael Feingold talks about creating orchestrations of Maurice Ravel’s piano and vocal scores.

Regular readers of the Florent Schmitt Website + Blog know that sometimes we “relax the routine” and publish an article that focuses on a different composer – usually a contemporary of Schmitt. Of the many fellow composers who Schmitt interacted with during his lengthy career, one with whom he shared an enduring professional and personal bond […]

Passionate advocate: French conductor Lionel Bringuier talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and La Tragédie de Salomé.

April 25, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Cleveland Orchestra, Daphnis & Chloe, Debussy, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Florent Schmitt, Igor Stravinsky, La Tragedie de Salome, Le Sacre du Printemps, Lionel Bringuier, Loie Fuller, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Satola, Paris Conservatoire, Paris Conservatory, Ravel, Rite of Spring, Salome, Stravinsky, Tonhalle Orchestra, Vincent d'Indy | Leave a comment

French conductor Lionel Bringuier’s meteoric rise in the classical music field has been noteworthy. Not yet 30 years old, he has been conducting major orchestras in the United States and Europe since 2006. Currently, Maestro Bringuier is chief conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zürich, Switzerland. Prior to that, he was an associate conductor of […]

Florent Schmitt and Igor Stravinsky: A Consequential Musical Relationship

February 8, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Choral Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Andrew Porter, Ballet, Ballets Russes, Camille Mauclair, Classical Music, Composers, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Henri Busser, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Igor Stravinsky, Jerry Rife, L'Oiseau de Feu, La Tragedie de Salome, Le Sacre du Printemps, Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, Maurice Ravel, Mavra, Oriane et le Prince d'amour, Petrouchka, Pierre Lalo, Pierre Monteux, Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Classical Music, Schmitt, Serge Diaghilev, Serge Sudekeine, Stephane Deneve, Stravinsky, The Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Vasily Nijinsky, Vera Stravinsky | 2 Comments

Throughout his long life and composing career, Florent Schmitt would forge many personal friendships with his counterparts. He was at the center of musical life in Paris, maintaining particularly close relationships with Maurice Ravel, Albert Roussel, Gabriel Pierné, Paul Dukas, Gabriel Fauré, Guillaume Lekeu and numerous other French composers. He also had decades-long friendships with composers from other […]