Before he left for a triumphant tour of North America in January 1928, Maurice Ravel had agreed to write a Spanish-flavoured ballet score for his friend, the Russian dancer and actress Ida Rubinstein ...

MAURICE RAVEL’S “Boléro” is a strange piece of music, consisting of two melodies repeated nine times each. Originally the score to a ballet, it is catchy and keeps running in the listener’s head long ...

Ravel first performed "Bolero" at the Paris Opera in 1928 and it was an immediate sensation. He died 10 years later and his heirs earned millions of dollars until the copyright ran out in 2016 and the ...

Ravel's Bolero is a composition that rose from the depths of nonchalant dismissal by Ravel's contemporaries to being one of the few truly recognizable melodies in classical music. Sadly, you rarely ...

Some impressionistic structuring, and a calmly charismatic performance from Raphaël Personnaz, elevate Anne Fontaine's absorbing biopic of Maurice Ravel. Indeed Fontaine’s screenplay, co-written with ...

For Hayato Sumino, playing one piano alone is just not enough of a challenge. The superstar Japanese pianist has gone above and beyond, with a performance on two pianos at once. Sat between the two ...

This week's Feature Album, In Search of Lost Dance, presents music by Ravel arranged by the Linos Piano Trio in a fresh, personal, and bright new release. This music by Ravel written at a time of ...