A French court was set to rule on whether “Bolero”, one of the best-known classical music pieces in the world, was written by Ravel alone. Maurice Ravel's 'Bolero ...

And, at this time, Ravel was probably France’s most famous living composer, building a career that would mark him one of the country’s most famous composers to ever live. What is the story behind ...

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 ...

Writing to a friend shortly after finishing the work, Ravel described it as having “no form in the true sense of the word, no development, and hardly any modulation”. And to the Swiss composer Arthur ...

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 ...