Ravel Edition

Supporting Creative Projects.

Faithful to Maurice Ravel's aspirations in his encouragement of young musicians.

Maurice Ravel encouraging young musicians

Faithful to Maurice Ravel's aspirations in his encouragement of young musicians, Ravel Edition actively champions initiatives that deepen understanding of the composer's work — financial assistance for university research, publication of musicological studies, restoration of heritage instruments and historical recordings, production of freely available video content, and support for emerging composers.

Areas of action

Six strands of support

Research

Financial assistance to students

Support for university research on Ravelian subjects — study grants, fieldwork assistance, access to archives.

Publication

Publication of scholarly work

Editing and disseminating musicological work arising from the research supported, in a spirit of scholarly transmission.

Instrumental heritage

Restoration of the Luthéal

Contribution to the restoration of the Luthéal at the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels, as part of the Ravel 2025 anniversary concert at the Théâtre royal de La Monnaie.

Video · open access

Papier à musique

Production of the video series Papier à musique — Ravel facing his manuscripts — freely available on the dedicated YouTube channel.

Sound archive

Restoration of historical recordings

Support for the preservation and restoration of twentieth-century Ravelian recordings — for the memory of interpretation.

Emerging composers

Composition prizes

Co-commissions and financial backing for composition prizes, notably those of the Académie du Festival Ravel de Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the Prix Ravel de Siena (Italy).

Contact

For any support request, project proposal, or further information.

administration@21-music.be

Iconographic credit — article from L'Excelsior, 28 November 1933.