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Maurice Ravel -The Swiss Watchmaker

Maurice Ravel was born on March 7, 1875, in the small fishing village of Ciboure in the Basque region, near the Franco-Spanish border.  His father, Pierre-Joseph, was a Frenchman of Swiss descent. Pierre-Joseph, a distinguished engineer, met and fell in love with his future wife, a young and beautiful Basque, Marie Delouart, at the time she worked on the Spanish railways.  A few months after Maurice's birth, the family moved from Ciboure to Paris. The parents of Maurice Ravel, Pierre-Joseph Ravel and Marie Delouart. Maurice had a happy childhood. The parents encouraged their two children - Edouard was born in 1878 - to follow their vocation. Maurice's inclination was music. He started music lessons at the age of seven.  Unlike the parents of other composers, Pierre-Joseph viewed positively the prospect of a musical career and sent Maurice to the France's most important musical college, the Conservatoire de Paris in 1889. In the same year, the Paris Exhibition brought toget

Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major

Carl Maria von Weber - Clarinet Concerto No.2 in E-flat major, Op.74

Robert Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Joseph Haydn - Trumpet concerto in E flat

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467

Liszt - Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat Major

Handel - Concerto for Organ and Orchestra No.13 in F Major, HWV 295, "The Cuckoo and The Nahtingale"

Mozart - Horn concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, K417

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Opus 73, “Emperor”

Mozart - Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C Major, K299

Handel - Concerti Grossi No. 1-4, Op. 3