Maurice Ravel
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Joseph Maurice Ravel was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term
Ravel in 1925
Joseph Ravel (1875), Marie Delouart (1870) and Maurice Ravel aged four (1879)
Piano class of Charles de Bériot in 1895, with Ravel on the left
Gabriel Fauré, Ravel's teacher and supporter
Ciboure
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Ciboure is a commune in the south-western French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Maurice Ravel
…pianist or conductor, he took part in recordings of several of his works; others were made under his supervision. Ravel was born in the Basque town of Ciboure, France, near Biarritz, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the Spanish border. His father, Pierre-Joseph Ravel, was an educated and successful engineer, inventor…
Ciboure, seen from the harbour of Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Birthplace of Maurice Ravel in Ciboure
Port of Ciboure
Saint Vincent