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 ...

Composed in 1928, Ravel's rhythmic piece will be forever synonymous with ice-skating stars Torvill and Dean. On Valentine’s Day in 1984, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean became the highest-scoring ...

The Béjart Ballet Lausanne returns to Paris with an exceptional program at La Seine Musicale from March 11 to 15, 2026. Under ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Portland Symphony Orchestra presents perennial favorite Ravel’s Boléro ...

"Bolero," by Maurice Ravel, has been called one of the most "thrilling" pieces in the concert repertoire, as well as "the most insolent monstrosity in the entire history of music." It doesn't inspire ...

Stephen Johnson on Ravel's Bolero and his other late works. Do they show signs of the dementia that led to his early death, or does his genius remain intact despite his problems? Show more Bolero is ...

Even Maurice Ravel couldn't quite understand the enormous popularity of this piece. To his colleague Arthur Honegger, he said, "I created just one masterpiece, and it's 'Bolero'; unfortunately, it ...

I DID not have the pleasure of knowing M. Ravel in the days when he was still struggling with the first principles of the English language. Like everyone else, of course, I had heard of him, and had ...