When the Sarasota Orchestra performs Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero” at its next Masterworks concert, principal percussionist Marcelina Suchocka will be getting herself into a zone. For nearly 15 straight ...

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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 ...

Pvt. Ravel's Bolero, is a "filmic poem" and historical documentary about Maurice Ravel and his "Bolero" in WWI, years before he had composed it. Including facts and info about Ravel and WWI, it is ...

The Washington Ballet’s season-opening series is titled “Russian Masters,” but the emphasis is wrong. The company’s dancers are the masters, a stellar achievement considering the stylistic challenges ...

Eight years ago, at a Philharmonic-Symphony concert in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall, Arturo Toscanini introduced to the U. S. an unpretentious composition by a celebrated French composer. The piece was ...

Please don’t stop the music: Anne Fontaine isn’t done with it just yet. Following “Boléro” — world premiering at International Film Festival Rotterdam — the noted director is developing another ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Like most biopics these days, Anne Fontaine’s Bolero focuses on a particular period rather than trying to cram an eventful life into two ...