Jane Jones marks both the Winter Olympics and St. Valentine’s Day with a work which is associated with both occasions. Boléro, the most famous work by French composer Maurice Ravel, was written more ...

This wonderful orchestra recorded a virtual performance of Ravel’s Boléro, in a musical tribute to healthcare workers on the front line of the COVID-19 crisis. The great New York Philharmonic is one ...

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 ...

Maurice Ravel was born in the Basque town of Ciboure, some 18 kilometres from the Spanish border. While he spent most of his adult life in Paris, Ravel was proud of his Basque heritage and the sounds ...

Some impressionistic structuring, and a calmly charismatic performance from Raphaël Personnaz, elevate Anne Fontaine's absorbing biopic of Maurice Ravel. Every 15 minutes, according to a title at the ...