French composer Charlotte Sohy (1887-1955) was the daughter of an industrialist. Her early academics included a pupil (and relation) of Cesar Franck while in 1903, her dad and mom put in a Cavaillé‑Coll organ in the lounge! Her later academics included Alexandre Guilmant, Louis Vierne, and Vincent d’Indy, and he or she studied with and was associates with Nadia Boulanger and Mel Bonis.
Sohy wrote plenty, artwork songs, piano items, trios, string quartets, a symphony and the lyrical drama L’Esclave couronnée, and her work was carried out by Paul Dukas, Maurice Ravel, and Gabriel Fauré.
So, why have not we heard her music?
A night on the Maison Française d’Oxford on 23 October 2026 goals to alter that. The Rediscovery of Charlotte Sohy. A night of movie, music & dialog asks the query ‘How does a composer disappear from historical past? And what does it take to deliver her again?’
The night is curated by pianist Reiko Fujisawa and can function the UK premiere of recent documentaryCharlotte Sohy: la consécration d’une compositrice; a stay Q&A between documentary makers Matthias Weber (Weber is Sohy’s great-grandson) and Laurence Uebersfeld, and music author Peter Quantrill; and the night culminates with a efficiency of Sohy’s enchanting Petite Suite and her richly expressive Piano Trio Op. 24, carried out by Gina McCormack (violin), Adrian Bradbury (cello) and Reiko Fujisawa (piano).
Full particulars from the Maison Française d’Oxford’s web site.
