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 ...
51 musicians all over France filmed a short presentation of themselves at home, before playing the Ravel’s Boléro. The short pieces were then collected and edited by Radio France to form a four-minute ...
Boléro has attracted interpreters ranging from Pierre Boulez to James Last. Philip Clark seeks out the finest moments of an 80-year recording history I don’t know about you, but I love losing myself ...
Hundreds of people were stopped in their tracks when the Musical Society of Algemesí broke out into Ravel’s simple, beguiling melody. As a lone drummer stood in the city of Algemesí in Spain, ...
For Hayato Sumino, playing one piano alone is just not enough of a challenge. The superstar Japanese pianist has gone above and beyond, with a performance on two pianos at once. Sat between the two ...
Linus Akesson performs Marice Ravel's Boléro on a variety of homemade 8-bit instruments, including his incredible Commodordian and a C64 theremin. "The World's Most Ambitious Chiptune?" he asks. "9 ...