George Gershwin

1898–1937 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".

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2020s

2026
Concerto per Milano 2026 - Hayato Sumino plays Gershwin
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2025
New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025
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Badineries
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Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
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The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music
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OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna
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2024
The Chicken Hunter
Music
Magic Trap
Music
Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
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2023
New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève
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Summertime
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2022
Maestro
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Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake
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2021
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet
Music
2020
George Gershwin Alone
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Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan Opera
Songs, Original Music Composer
Ritorno alla musica
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