Charlotte Sohy: Major French Composer Steps Into the Light

Debora Waldman is leading the way: The important French composer Charlotte Sohy (1887-1955) is experiencing an international surge in publications and performances. After Debora Waldman’s recording of orchestral works by Charlotte Sohy and her book Symphonie oubliée (Robert Laffont, 2021), about Debora’s own path to becoming the first female music director of a major French orchestra and her discovery of Sohy’s opus magnum, her previously unknown Symphonie Grande-Guerre, orchestras and concert halls across Europe and the world discover the powerful voice of one of the most gifted composers of the early 20th century.

Watch the new film “De l’ombre à la lumière” by Matthias Weber here: