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Anne Fontaine brings together a beautiful cast around the Maurice Ravel mystery
Mysterious, Maurice Ravel? At least discreet, even secret. Anne Fontaine is interested in his year 1928, when he created his “Boléro”, one of the most performed works in the world,…
Families, the presence of politicians, “Kaddish” by Ravel… What will the tribute to the French victims of October 7 look like?
On Wednesday February 7, a Republican tribute will be paid, in France, to the French victims of the Hamas attacks in Israel four months ago. Published on 02/05/2024 06:34 Update…
“Trios by Chausson and Ravel”, Trio Metral
Following the Goebel concert at the Bach Festival, we wanted to comment on the symphonies of CPE Bach by the Orchester du XVIIIe century at Glossa. But the recording, muddy…
“The piano work”, Philippe Branconi, Ravel
When we receive new releases, we usually sort them out with a “first look”. This had been ruled out. But after the concert of critical dithyrambs, going as far as…
[Critique] “Beethoven and Ravel Concertos”, Martha Argerich
We noticed the discreet Avanti label when Martha Argerich moved her musical meetings from Lugano to northern Germany. Avanti has released two boxes of this newly held festival in Hamburg…
[Critique] “String Quartets by Hough, Dutilleux and Ravel”, Takács Quartet
The Takács are accuracy, instrumental beauty magnified by Hyperion’s sound recording, with a superb dosage of reverberation and an individualization of timbres. It is also and always a marvelous flexibility…
[Critique] “Ravel 2” Basque National Orchestra, Robert Trevino
What a boss! The American Robert Trevino, 38, had pleasantly surprised in a complete Beethoven symphonies that no one expected. He then put it back in a first Ravel record.…
The Ravel Festival is back with a bang in the streets of Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Paper giants come alive in the streets of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. To catchy melodies, these dolls dance to the delight of young and old alike. The effigies are far from unknown: on…
La Roque-d’Anthéron: The Russia of Dmitri Masleev At the Granet Museum in Aix-en-Provence
It is the “decentralization” practiced by the piano festival of La Roque-d’Anthéron, which must, we were told, also irrigate the territory of Bouches-du-Rhône at the request of elected officials. So…
La Roque-d’Anthéron: A Day With Lucas Debargue, Pianist Of Culture, Curiosity And Reflection
We accompanied him to his concert, we discussed with him, we exchanged thoughts of all kinds, and not only on music, a field in which he is inexhaustible. Literature, philosophy,…
The Maurice Ravel House in Montfort L’amaury
The House of Maurice Ravel who has not moved one iota since his disappearance in 1937 is nestled in a small street in Montfort L’Amaury in the Yvelines, a street…
La Roque-d’Anthéron: Mao Fujita, Momo Kodama, The Japanese Connection And The Harpsichordist Pierre Hantaï, Royal Dans Bach.
Mao Fujita, Momo Kodama: two Japanese who escape what I could reproach Asians for the other day: uniformity. Magnificent performances. And Pierre Hantaï, the magician of the harpsichord, so in…
La Roque-d’Anthéron: At the Cinema Tonight With Pianist Jean-Marc Luisada, Visconti, Brahms And Mozart
It was an exquisite moment. Because in La Roque-d’Anthéron there are not only the majestic interpreters playing under the majestic trees of the park the majestic masterpieces of the repertoire…
The Miraculous Ravel by Charles Richard-Hamelin
Let the organizers of concerts, in Japan, Europe or elsewhere, spread the word: as long as you hire Charles Richard-Hamelin in the near future, above all do not overlook Couperin’s…
The Miraculous Ravel by Charles Richard-Hamelin
Let the organizers of concerts, in Japan, Europe or elsewhere, spread the word: as long as you hire Charles Richard-Hamelin in the near future, above all do not overlook Couperin’s…
Ravel, this dog who helps child victims of violence to confide, at the Saint-Lô hospital center
The caregivers of the Saint-Lô memorial hospital center have a new, rather special colleague. He is neither a doctor nor a nurse, but a dog! Ravel, a black Labrador two…
A La Folle Journée Anne Queffelec, Pianist: “I See Schubert A Bit Like A Tightrope Walker Who, On His String, Overhangs The Abyss”
Anne Queffelec is at the crazy day in a somewhat special program, all of Schubert’s works for piano 4 hands, which she shares with the pianist Gaspard Dehaene, her son.…