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Maurice Ravel

A composer with a modern and demanding repertoire, as much for his science of orchestration as for the structural rigor of his works, Maurice Ravel remains associated with his most basic and most performed piece in the world, his famous Boléro. The son of a Swiss engineer and a Basque mother, Joseph Maurice Ravel was born in Ciboure on March 7, 1875. He was three years old when his parents moved to Paris, and began piano lessons four years later with Henri Ghys, then harmony with Charles René. After further lessons with Émile Descombes, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1889,...