Maurice Ravel Archive

Maurice Ravel composed his String Quartet in F Major in 1903, while still a student of Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire. The work proved to be Ravel’s first major success as a composer, though …

Maurice Ravel composed his G Major Piano Concerto late in his career, following a concert tour of the United States he undertook in 1928. That visit proved so successful that the composer immediately began planning …

Maurice Ravel had long intended to compose a work for piano and orchestra, but he would not complete his two piano concertos (one for the left hand alone and this one for both hands) until …

Maurice Ravel composed his “Le Tombeau de Couperin” to express homage to both Baroque French music and To friends of the composer who died in WW1… It’s a suite of six baroque-inspired dances for piano, each …

Maurice Ravel began work on his Piano Concerto in G in 1929. He planned to play it himself on a world tour that would include not only Europe and the United States, but also South America …