For music lovers who adore pianist Seong-Jin Cho and the works of French composer Maurice Ravel (1875?1937), Seong-Jin Cho's nationwide tour this summer promises to be an unforgettable gift. This is ...

Journalist Simon Heffer presents a chronological profile of the life and music of Maurice Ravel, including his early songs as well as chamber and piano pieces. Show more In the first of two programmes ...

The pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard has teamed up with conductor Pierre Boulez for a concert of Ravel's piano concertos on the Deutsche Grammaphon label. Boulez continues his current recording streak ...

At a glance, John Williams’ movie music and Maurice Ravel’s piano music might have little in common — and of course, they don’t. Except that both composers very much reflect their nationalities.

Have you ever stood up close to a painting in a museum, as close as you can get? Close enough to get lost in those captivating swoops of paint, so close you forget the very thing those swoops are ...

The cycle Miroirs was first announced by Ravel to his fellow "Apaches" who eventually became dedicatees of all five pieces. Written in 1904-05, the cycle was premiered in 1906 in Salle Erard by ...

The 8th annual San Francisco International Piano Festival will honor Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Ravel is widely celebrated as one of the most inventive and ...

Tonight's Great Composer is the highly complex creator of Bolero, the Frenchman Maurice Ravel. This evening's Great Composer is Maurice Ravel whose music contains a fascinating depth of passion, ...

Maurice Ravel talked about his pieces of music as if they were his children. While he was working on his Piano Concerto in G Major, he wrote to a friend: "(I am) in the middle of my pregnancy with the ...