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 ...

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 ...

The San Francisco Symphony's latest program under Miguel Harth-Bedoya raised uneasy questions about nationalism and the allure of "Spanish" sound.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Regarded alongside Debussy as the leading French composer of his time, Maurice Ravel was a master of his craft, weaving a child-like wonder and nostalgia for the past into music of exquisite charm and ...

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 ...