Maurice Ravel News

I love writing about shows like this—it's so easy when I'm swept away by perfection and sheer beauty. So, let's dive into Lumière!

For its 11th season, the Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœur des Mélomanes will offer three events featuring some of the most powerful works in the classical and operatic repertoire. Learn more!

The National Chamber Ensemble opens its 2025–2026 season with Parisian Dreams: Ravel and Saint-Saëns on November 8 at Gunston Arts Center in Arlington.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA (VSO) has announced Wilson Liu (piano), Jacob Peizner (alto saxophone), and Hana Gottesman (violin) as the Gold Medalists of its 31st Annual Young Artist Competition, following an extraordinary final round performance on October 12 at First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver.

Phoenix Chorale will launch its 2025-2026 concert season with DRAW ON, SWEET NIGHT, an intimate program that embodies the ensemble’s luminous sound and emotional depth.

With frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in the news due to actor Bruce Willis fighting the disease for several years, I decided to speak with playwright Jake Broder, an Atlantic Fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute, about his motivation to create Unravelled and his research on the disease.

The National Chamber Ensemble will launch its 2025-2026 season with Parisian Dreams: Ravel and Saint-Saëns. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here.

Nashville Ballet will launch its 40th Season – The Ruby Season – with If I Can Dream, a triple bill featuring Balanchine, Kylián and Presley. Learn more here!

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will host the world premiere of UnRavelled, a new multi-media play by award-winning playwright Jake Broder, as the centerpiece of the UnRavelled Brain Health Festival October 17–19, 2025.

Music Director Cristian Măcelaru will lead the Orchestre National de France on its first U.S. tour in nearly 10 years, performing with GRAMMY Award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov.

Cape Ann Symphony kicks off Season 74 at 2:00 PM on Sunday, September, 28, 2025 with The Virtuoso Orchestra Concert! featuring music from Gustav Holst and Modest Mussorgsky, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel. The Cape Ann Symphony performs at Manchester-Essex Regional High School Auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA.

The cast has been revealed for the world premiere of UnRavelled, written by Jake Broder. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!

The National Chamber Ensemble will celebrate its 19th season with five programs spanning Europe and the Americas, beginning November 8, 2025. Highlights include Ravel’s 150th birthday, a holiday tradition with the Voce Chamber Singers, and more.

​This October, Philadelphia Ballet will ignite its 2025/26 season with two back-to-back double bills: Carmen and Bolero, and Evening of Horror. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Beijing Music Festival, the most important international multi-day classical music event in China, has revealed the details of its 28th festival. Learn more!

Naïve Classiques will release Ravel Paris 2025 on September 12, 2025, a three-CD boxed set recorded by the Orchestre National de France and Music Director Cristian Măcelaru during a citywide festival in March honoring the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel’s birth.

Ever since I was first introduced to Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” in a course I took in university on Western Theatrical Dance, I have been in love with the piece. Two years ago, The Rite of Spring was performed at the BBC Proms in Prom 63: The Rite By Heart, which told the story of how Stravinsky created the piece and had the Aurora Orchestra perform it entirely from memory. It makes sense that when the BBC Proms announced Boléro and The Rite of Spring this year that I would be instantly wanting to see it!

Un capricho, una frustración repentina, desbordan al protagonista de El niño y los sortilegios, quien, en un arrebato, no solo destruye todo a su alrededor, sino que se ve inmerso en una revolución musical. Así inicia esta ópera escrita por Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette y compuesta por Maurice Ravel, con la que el Estudio de la Ópera de Bellas Artes (EOBA) busca acercar este género al público infantil y juvenil.

Renowned international music conservatory Manhattan School of Music has announced that acclaimed composer, conductor, and saxophonist Jim Saltzman has been appointed Dean of the School's prestigious Jazz Arts division, effective July 1, 2025.

This summer, Caramoor marks its 80th anniversary with a season that reflects both its legacy as a site for classical performance and its ongoing interest in musical variety and experimentation.