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Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

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Maurice Ravel in 1925 © Public domain

Maurice Ravel in 1925

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Year of birth	1875
Year of death	1937
Nationality	France
Period	Early 20th century

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Festum Pi

Cultural Centre Of Chania

Fri 31 Jul at 20:30

Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn, Jaëll, Fauré, Ravel, Debussy, Bacewicz, Bernstein

Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque

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Tanglewood, Seiji Ozawa Hall

Mon 3 Aug at 20:00

Ravel, Debussy, Bartók

Salonen, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows

© Daniel Delong

Tue 4 Aug at 17:00

Mozart, Reicha, Debussy, Ibert, Ravel, Bernstein

Vodovozova, Yoo, Lessmann, Furuya, Martinez Zavala, Pacific Quintet

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Hugo Marchand and Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Béjart’s Boléro © Steven Pisano

Europe invades: Paris Opera étoiles in New York

By Carla Escoda

Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Chris Christodoulou

Yunchan Lim's shimmering Ravel helps launch the BBC Proms season

By Mark Pullinger

Marin Alsop conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra © Jordan August Photography, Courtesy of Highmark Mann

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Ravel's La Valse

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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L'Enfant et les sortilèges

Opéra national de Paris

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Maurice Béjart

Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

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Le Palais de Cristal / Daphnis et Chloé

Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

London Symphony Orchestra

LSO on Stage: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no. 2

London Symphony Orchestra