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by Georg Predota March 7th, 2025 Tags: Ravel

Ravel at 150: A Legacy of Innovation 150 years ago, on 7 March 1875, the small village of Ciboure in the Basque region of France saw the birth of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Son of a Swiss engineer and a Basque

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All Of The Month Love Inspiration Anecdotes Interviews

1937 Posts

Bewitched in a Magic Garden
Giacomo Meyerbeer in Italy

Cathedrals in Sound

Stravinsky and the Power of Oedipus Rex

Destination Sydney

The Failed Opera: Fauré’s Pénélope

Ludwig van B.
A Universe of Dedications II

Playing With the Mirror
Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Tempting Fate!
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A minor (1903-1904)

Mozart and His Circle of Friends I

Time of Day: Morning
Schwanter, Bax, Delius, Baltas, Fokkens, Achalinotopoulos, and Grieg

From Screen to Stage
Erich Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

Voices of the Conservatoire de Paris I

Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder

The Inspiration of Imagination – 1001 Nights

Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Dangerous Side Effects of Fame

Beethoven’s Shadow!
Richard Wagner

Like Father like Son!
Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

A New Set of Planets
Piano Reflections by Tanya Ekanayaka

Switched-On Bach

Muses and Musings
Sisterly Muse : Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn

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