George Gershwin
Sound·September 26, 1898·† July 11, 1937 — 38 years old·New York City, New York, USA
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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—Concerto Bernstein-GershwinOriginal Music Composer2025New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025Original Music Composer2025BadineriesMusic2025Gershwin in New York - La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025Compositor2025Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music FestivalOriginal Music Composer2025The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in musicOriginal Music Composer2025OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro TavernaOriginal Music Composer2024Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in ParisCompositor2024The Chicken HunterMusic2024Magic TrapMusic2024Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern FestivalCompositor2024Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber OrchestraOriginal Music Composer2023New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane DenèveOriginal Music Composer2023SummertimeMusic2022MaestroMusic Producer2022The Director's CutCompositor2022Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing CakeMusic2022Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021Compositor2021Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to BalletMusic2020George Gershwin AloneMusic2020The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and BessSongs · Original Music Composer2020Ritorno alla musicaOriginal Music Composer2018Gershwin: The American Classic2018An American in Paris: The MusicalMusical · Original Music Composer2017Manhattan MagicMusic2017Hudební perličky Pavla ŠporclaTVOriginal Music Composer2015London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5Music2009The Gershwins' Porgy and BessSongs2002Porgy and BessMusic2000Fantasia 2000Music1999Crazy for YouMusical1993Porgy and BessMusic · Songs · Original Music Composer1990Dance Crazy in HollywoodSelf - Composer (archive footage)1985A Strange Love AffairMusic1982American PlayhouseTVMusic1978ContactMusic1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)1974Putting on the RitzMusic1968The Jazz AgeTVMusic1964Kiss Me, StupidSongs1959Porgy and BessSongs · Original Music Composer1957Funny FaceOriginal Music Composer · Songs1956Paris in the SpringtimeSongs1951An American in ParisSongs · Original Music Composer1950The Golden TwentiesSelf (archive footage)1949The Barkleys of BroadwayMusic1947The Shocking Miss PilgrimSongs · Original Music Composer1945Ziegfeld FolliesSongs1945Rhapsody in BlueSongs · Original Music Composer1943Girl CrazySongs · Original Music Composer1941Lady Be GoodMusic · Songs1940Strike Up the BandSongs · Original Music Composer1938The Goldwyn FolliesSongs · Original Music Composer1937A Damsel in DistressSongs · Original Music Composer1937Shall We DanceOriginal Music Composer · Songs1932Girl CrazySongs1931DeliciousOriginal Music Composer · Songs1930The Song of the FlameSongs1930King of JazzAdditional Music