On Sunday, French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returned to Orchestra Hall with an invitation to wade in a single great work: Claude Debussy’s Préludes. Considering the Préludes a “work” is ...

Maurice Ravel is one of the greatest French composers who ever lived. Along with Claude Debussy, he single-handedly changed the direction of French music in the early 20th century, leading to the ...

He encouraged Debussy to write music that was not hidebound by academic tradition – ‘Break the rules, defy convention’ could have been his credo – and to find inspiration in the paintings of Claude ...