George Gershwin
Known for
Music and sound
Born
September 26, 1898
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Died
July 11, 1937 (aged 38)
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".
Best known work
Fantasia 2000
2000
Funny Face
1957
An American in Paris
1951
Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
Shall We Dance
1937
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
King of Jazz
1930
A Damsel in Distress
1937
Contact
1978Filmography
TBA
Concerto Bernstein-GershwinOriginal Music Composer
2025
New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025Original Music Composer
2025
BadineriesMusic
2025
2025
Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music FestivalOriginal Music Composer
2025
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in musicOriginal Music Composer
2025
OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro TavernaOriginal Music Composer
2024
2024
The Chicken HunterMusic
2024
Magic TrapMusic
2024
2024
Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber OrchestraOriginal Music Composer
2023
New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane DenèveOriginal Music Composer
2023
SummertimeMusic
2022
MaestroMusic Producer
2022
The Director's CutCompositor
2022
2022
2021
2020
2020
Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan OperaSongs, Original Music Composer
2020
Ritorno alla musicaOriginal Music Composer
2018
2018
An American in Paris: The MusicalMusical, Original Music Composer
2017
Manhattan MagicMusic