“Le Jardin Féerique,” usually translated as the enchanted or fairy garden, barely breathes into life as the apotheosis of the ...

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Maurice Ravel was among the most significant and influential composers of the early twentieth century. Even though he’s sometimes linked with Claude Debussy as an exemplar of musical impressionism, ...

Ravel's Bolero is a composition that rose from the depths of nonchalant dismissal by Ravel's contemporaries to being one of the few truly recognizable melodies in classical music. Sadly, you rarely ...

The artist’s self-image is often defined by opposition. That opposition can take the form of censorship, or perhaps a rival master. Art enthusiasts may think of the rivalries between Ghiberti and ...

Composed about 1893, Sérénade grotesque was originally entitled just Sérénade in the autograph. Admitting the influence of Chabrier's Bourée fantasque , written two years earlier, Ravel would return ...

Ann Ravel on Sunday fulfilled her promise to quit the Federal Election Commission by May. Federal Election Commission commissioner Ann Ravel, a Democrat. (Center for Public Integrity / Dave Levinthal) ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Performing in New York, Seong-Jin Cho presented a marathon survey of Ravel’s solo piano works and appeared in Prokofiev’s Second ...

A new edition, a specialist conductor, a leading orchestra and a renowned production team are bringing us Ravel refreshed, enlivened … and complete Maurice Ravel held Spain in adoring fascination. The ...

Sometimes art leaves things as they are and gives you an opportunity to notice; we saw last week that this was the case with Robert Irwin's show at the Whitney. And sometimes art bangs you over the ...

Rachel Ravel has traveled all over in pursuit of her dream of performing on stage. It took her out of her home state of Texas, saw her attend a performing arts boarding school in Massachusetts and ...

Perfection, c’est travail, said Maurice Ravel. Pride in his own small and perfectly formed achievement, and a conviction that perfection is a supreme quality of art, lie behind those three words. But ...