MAURICE RAVEL’S “Boléro” is a strange piece of music, consisting of two melodies repeated nine times each. Originally the score to a ballet, it is catchy and keeps running in the listener’s head long ...

For the past few years, Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas fame has injected new life into the 19th-century bolero. Inspired by the traditional Latin American ballad and psychedelic recordings of the ...

There was shouting and stamping from the audience, the sure sign at any classical music performance of an impressive impact on the audience. Why is Ravel’s Boléro considered controversial? At the ...

Ravel's Bolero is a composition that rose from the depths of nonchalant dismissal by Ravel's contemporaries to being one of the few truly recognizable melodies in classical music. Sadly, you rarely ...

Nu Deco Ensemble teams up with Latin electronic artist Sinego to debut Underground Symphony, premiering at The Citadel.

Strolling through his family’s hometown in Cidra, Puerto Rico on a Sunday afternoon and listening to a duo singing the romantic ballads known as boleros was part of the impetus musician Reinaldo ...

The romantic Latin ballad style known as Bolero arrived in Mexico from Cuba in the 1920s and took off during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the '40s. American singers such as Nat King Cole and ...

Another talented repat has returned to home to Buffalo. Internationally recognized tango singer Chris Vasquez moved back in 2015, after traveling the world for years, performing at illustrious venues ...

Please don’t stop the music: Anne Fontaine isn’t done with it just yet. Following “Boléro” — world premiering at International Film Festival Rotterdam — the noted director is developing another ...