While driving into work one morning, I came across an NPR story of French cellist Héloïse Luzzati's project that started during the COVID-19 pandemic of uncovering compositions by female composers. This eventually led to a label, La Boîte à Pépites (The Jewel Box), dedicated in showcasing female composers' works that has been historically ignored--4% of composers of classical music are women.
For this story, NPR focuses on the label's first release of French composer Charlotte Sohy set for September 30th in the UK. Luzzati explains that Sohy's composition is "impressionistic, sometimes figurative, with colors of Ravel, Chausson, and Debussy."
Luzzati decided to launch the label with works of Sohy after meeting Sohy's grandson, François-Henri Labey, who had copies of his grandmother's handwritten work.
When asked why female composers have been ignored, Luzzati explains with an example of female Virtuoso pianist Louise Farrenc who's work was forgotten after her death, "It's as simple as that. When a composer dies and she's no longer there to keep her work alive, it disappears almost instantly."
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