"Maurice Ravel - Daphnis Ve Khloe" Ballet Music

Tekfen Philharmonic, one of Turkey's leading private art institutions, will premiere Maurice Ravel's renowned ballet music "Daphnis and Chloe," one of his most important works, in Turkey.

Maurice Ravel's work "Daphnis and Chloe," which he described as a "choreographic symphony," is inspired by a story of the same name believed to have been written by the ancient Greek author Longus in the 2nd or 3rd century AD. This story, considered the first example of pastoral narrative in world literature, has served as a source of inspiration for numerous writers, poets, sculptors, painters, and musicians throughout the centuries.

Ravel composed the story of Daphnis and Chloe, who were abandoned as babies and raised by families tending sheep and goats, in Protected content the commission of Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes company, to be performed by orchestra and wordless chorus. The ballet music, which lasts about an hour and features rich harmonies characteristic of the Impressionist movement, stands as one of Ravel's longest and most beloved works. At the premiere, we will listen to the two-thousand-year-old love story narrated by Merve Dizdar's masterful storytelling.

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