Pink Martini in front of their headquarters, a 140-year-old building in Portland A number of years ago, I had a conversation with China Forbes, who sings with Pink Martini. We sat in their Portland ...

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 ...

Every 15 minutes, according to a title at the end of director Anne Fontaine’s latest film, someone on earth plays Maurice Ravel’s “Boléro.” It’s a largely unprovable statement that is nonetheless ...

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 ...

When the Sarasota Orchestra performs Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero” at its next Masterworks concert, principal percussionist Marcelina Suchocka will be getting herself into a zone. For nearly 15 straight ...

Pvt. Ravel's Bolero, is a "filmic poem" and historical documentary about Maurice Ravel and his "Bolero" in WWI, years before he had composed it. Including facts and info about Ravel and WWI, it is ...

CBSDFW.COM — Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was a well-known French composer, pianist and conductor. He was considered to be one of the most highly regarded composers internationally in the 1920s and 1930s ...

From Bach's Goldberg Variations to Ravel's Bolero: these are the great masterpieces of the classical repertoire performed by ...

New York choreographer Larry Keigwin managed to make Ravel not only ravishing, but relevant, when he presented his acclaimed 2007 production, “Bolero NYC.” It teamed his dance company with 46 ...

Eight years ago, at a Philharmonic-Symphony concert in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall, Arturo Toscanini introduced to the U. S. an unpretentious composition by a celebrated French composer. The piece was ...