Looking back on the spectacular figure skating routine that went down in Olympics history and brought the music of Ravel to the masses. On Valentine’s Day in 1984, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean ...

Some impressionistic structuring, and a calmly charismatic performance from Raphaël Personnaz, elevate Anne Fontaine's absorbing biopic of Maurice Ravel. Indeed Fontaine’s screenplay, co-written with ...

Boléro has attracted interpreters ranging from Pierre Boulez to James Last. Philip Clark seeks out the finest moments of an 80-year recording history I don’t know about you, but I love losing myself ...

Dutch violinist André Rieu brings his orchestra to an atmospheric Berlin amphitheatre, with musical favourites like Ravel's Bolero, Lara's Theme from Doctor Zhivago and Auld Lang Syne.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The beat underpinning Ravel’s Boléro pushes inexorably and mechanically forward. The sinuous melody coils ...