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 ...

Carolina Ballet’s guest choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett created a ballet to Maurice Ravel’s well-known orchestral piece, Boléro. Geoff Wood Photography When Carolina Ballet’s artistic director ...

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 ...

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 ...