George Gershwin
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- September 26, 1898
- Died
- July 11, 1937 (aged 38)
- Birthplace
- 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".
Known For
Filmography
Concerto Bernstein-Gershwin
Movie · Original Music Composer
Concerto per Milano 2026 - Hayato Sumino plays Gershwin
Movie · Original Music Composer
Riccardo Chailly & Frank Dupree @ Lucerne Festival 2026
Movie · Original Music Composer
Badineries
Movie · Music
Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
Movie · Original Music Composer
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music
Movie · Original Music Composer
New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025
Movie · Original Music Composer
OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna
Movie · Original Music Composer
Magic Trap
Movie · Music
The Chicken Hunter
Movie · Music
Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Summertime
Movie · Music
New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake
Movie · Music
Maestro
Movie · Music Producer
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet
Movie · Music
Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan Opera
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
George Gershwin Alone
Movie · Music
Ritorno alla musica
Movie · Original Music Composer
An American in Paris: The Musical
Movie · Original Music Composer
Manhattan Magic
Movie · Music
Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5
Movie · Music
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Movie · Songs
Porgy and Bess
Movie · Music
Fantasia 2000
Movie · Music
Porgy and Bess
Movie · Music, Songs, Original Music Composer
A Strange Love Affair
Movie · Music
American Playhouse
TV · Music · 1 ep
Contact
Movie · Music
Putting on the Ritz
Movie · Music
The Jazz Age
TV · Music · 1 ep
Kiss Me, Stupid
Movie · Songs
Porgy and Bess
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Funny Face
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Paris in the Springtime
Movie · Songs
An American in Paris
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
The Barkleys of Broadway
Movie · Music
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Rhapsody in Blue
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie · Songs
Girl Crazy
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Lady Be Good
Movie · Music, Songs
Strike Up the Band
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
The Goldwyn Follies
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
A Damsel in Distress
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Shall We Dance
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Girl Crazy
Movie · Songs
Delicious
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Song of the Flame
Movie · Songs