Dandy, anarchist, and "city Indian." Fairly talented pianist and detail-obsessed composer. Adored by many, rejected by some. In the fashionable Parisian scene around the turn of the century, Maurice Ravel appeared as a unique figure. His music was like him: wonderful and strange. Ravel was a master at weaving novel rhythms and harmonies with traditional forms and structures – in composition competitions, this was seen as a flaw. He dismissed his most famous work, the Bolero, as a "simple instrumentation exercise."

Who was this man who would have celebrated his 150th birthday in 2025? Actor Dominique Horwitz, soprano Christiane Karg, and the genre-defying Aris Quartet invite you on a poetic journey into the world of Maurice Ravel.

Maurice Ravel: À la manière de Chabrier, Vocalise, String Quartet in F major op. 35, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques

Valses nobles et sentimentales No. 1: Modéré – très franc, Le tombeau de Couperin

No. 2: Fugue, Sérénade grotesque, Le tombeau de Couperin

No. 1: Prélude, Prélude, Pavane pour une infante défunte, "Kaddish" from "Deux Mélodies, hébraïques"

Christiane Karg (soprano), Ulrike Payer (piano), Dominique Horwitz (recitation), Aris Quartet, Anna Katharina Wildermuth, Noémi Zipperling (violin), Caspar Vinzens (viola), Lukas Sieber (cello), Frank Siebert (concept)