This month, many classical music lovers noted Maurice Ravel’s 150th birthday. On Monday, March 31, Quatuor Debussy pairs Ravel’s music with the composer whose name it carries in celebration of both ...

New film explores inspiration, trauma and sorrow behind one of classical music’s most joyous symphonic works. Boléro, directed by Anne Fontaine, centres around 1928 – the year Ravel’s triumphant ...

On this week’s episode, we’re making the most of the last days of summer! We’ll be headed to sunny Spain, with music by Debussy, de Falla, and Ravel. Part of a larger set of orchestral pieces called ...

Dan Margolies has been a reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal, The Kansas City Star, and KCUR Public Radio. He retired as a reporter in December 2022 after a 37-year journalism career.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel, born on 7 March 1875, ARTE invites you to explore the fascinating and daring world of this French composer of many inspirations. From the ...

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 ...

It gave him a cut that needed several stitches, but it also left Ravel feeling shaken. Friends soon noticed changes — spelling mistakes in letters and an inability to write down music. For five years ...

Maurice Ravel was inspired by the world around him. Everything from his house to Oriental iconography left an impression on his music. Situated in Montfort l’Amaury, 50km south west of Paris, “La ...

French composer and pianist Maurice Ravel may have left a hidden message inside his work, according to a Ravel expert. David Lamaze, a professor at the Conservatoire de Rennes in France, says Ravel ...