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De Bizet à Ravel en passant par Gershwin, l'orchestre strasbourgeois a encore une fois mis en évidence ses qualités sous la direction de Marko Letonja, malgré un Francesco Tristano un peu léger.

Dans le cadre du Festival Ravel, l'Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Paul Daniel et Marc Coppey ont investi une salle de pelote basque pour un programme entièrement consacré à la musique française.

Le Festival Ravel a accueilli l'Orchestre Français des Jeunes, dirigé par Fabien Gabel. Berlioz, Saint-Saëns et Stravinsky ont suscité l'enthousiasme de l'auditoire réuni dans l'église de Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

Retour sur un concert hommage à Didier Lockwood, avec la création du premier concerto pour piano de Thomas Enhco.

L’orchestre de la Suisse Romande en très grande formation aura offert une vaste gamme de couleurs, dans un musique penchant plus dans la jubilation du grand son que dans la recherche de nuances. Un beau moment tout de même.

Quand il joue, totalement absorbé en lui-même, les images vous arrachent subitement à votre siège pour recomposer d’immenses toiles. Alors, on ferme instinctivement les yeux, condamné à voyager à l’intérieur de soi.

Devant un public euphorique, le West-Eastern Divan Orchestra a célébré la musique hispanisante dans un concert festoyant, sous la baguette bienveillante de Daniel Barenboim.

Four Ravel masterpieces shine anew in fresh, vibrant interpretations by Bertrand Chamayou, Sakari Oramo and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.

Voll romantischer Dynamik präsentierten sich das Orchestre de Paris, Kirill Gerstein und Klaus Mäkelä in der Pariser Philharmonie.

The young Japanese pianist Mao Fujita offered an intriguingly diverse recital program, highlighted by a rarely-heard – and marvelously difficult – work by Alkan.

Enrique Mazzola conducts an intriguing combination of a French work and a Russian work with a French title focusing on turn-of-the-century France.

American soprano Julia Bullock offered an impassioned, impeccably sung interpretation of Britten's Les Illuminations, bookended by elegant Ravel standards.

The French pianist's account of Ravel's G major concerto is the highlight of a nearly all-French programme under Emmanuel Krivine. 

Mit einem Mozart-Klavierkonzert und Werken Ravels verabschieden die Berliner Philharmoniker erfolgreich das alte Jahr.

The orchestra’s principal flute Joshua Smith was soloist for the local première of Matthias Pintscher’s Transir. Three Ravel favorites completed the program.

From chic Ravel to Mussorgsky's more rugged Pictures at an Exhibition, Inon Barnatan's International Piano Series debut took listeners on a tour of the piano's colours. 

Tras su reciente debut en la temporada de la Filarmónica de Berlín, Dima Slobodeniouk, se reencontraba con los aplausos de su público coruñés para ofrecer un programa compuesto por música de la primera mitad del siglo XX: dos notables ejemplos del Ravel más sensual y la obra más edulcorada y popular del Rachmaninov concertista con Alexei Volodin como solista.

Maurice Ravel opened his 1928 tour of the United States conducting a series of concerts with the Boston Symphony featuring his own music.

How vital is a conductor? At Paris' Salle des concerts – the Philharmonie's second hall – Les Dissonances provided answers. 

On the last leg of their first international tour, the Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin fully embraced Elgar after a francophone first half of Berlioz and Saint-Saëns. 

Guest conductor Charles Dutoit returned to Los Angeles for a program devoted to one of the composers he is most closely associated with. 

Twenty-first century Stockholm or fin de siècle Paris? Works by Ravel, Debussy and Schmitt take the audience back to the times of the French avant-garde.

Hilary Hahn und das Orchestre de Lyon unter der Leitung von Leonard Slatkin begeistern in München mit einem Programm aus Tschaikowski und Ravel.

Milhaud reported “a spirit of carefree gaiety reigned” in 1920s Paris, a spirit Marcela Roggeri and François Chaplin's varied programme aimed to evoke.

Irish mezzo soprano Rachel Kelly joins the Ulster Orchestra in an evening of richly coloured orchestration and exotic flavour, conducted by Jac van Steen. 

A master at clever programming, Maestro Iván Fischer surrounded Dutilleux with well-known pieces by Debussy, Ravel and Satie as part of the week-long French Days segment of the Bridging Europe 2016 series at Budapest’s Müpa. 

A superb concert from the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder included John Casken's 2014 oboe concerto Apollinaire's Bird, a rare piece by Elgar and Vaughan Williams' powerful Fourth Symphony. 

Melody and rhythm in abundance, with compelling performances from soloist and orchestra alike.

John Adams' Scheherazade.2 is chalking up performances around the world. Would it live up to expectations? 

Hong Kong Sinfonietta's refreshing reading of Sibelius' 6th Symphony in "Le French May"

John Adams conducted the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in works ranging from the frothy to the very serious, including his latest composition, Scheherazade.2.

City of Light: Paris 1900-1950 was the stimulus behind an evening of impressive performances of inspirational music by Ravel and Stravinsky.

  A suite by Rameau and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances fill out the program for this Blossom Festival concert.

Alan Coady reviews Christian Zacharias and the Scottish Chamber in Mozart, Haydn, Ravel & Poulenc at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall.

A concert of music from the beginning of the 20th century with Pons and the BBCSO, including a performance of music by neglected opera composer Franz Schreker.

The total timing of the music on the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s season premiere was barely an hour long. On the page the line-up looked strange. First half: Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte and the world premiere of a work by local composer Steven Stucky. The second half: Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.