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Composer: Gershwin, George (1898-1937)

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© CityMusic Promotions

St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Thu 15 Oct at 20:00

Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Grieg, Gershwin

Simon Watterton

Bavaria Klassik GmbH

Die Residenz: Max-Joseph-Saal

Sat 17 Oct at 19:30

Chopin, Bach, Gershwin

Frank Fan Ming Ling

© Thierry Cohen

L'Auditori: Sala Pau Casals

Sun 18 Oct at 18:00

Gould, Brandt, Gershwin, Bernstein

Pascual-Vilaplana, Nakariakov, Banda Municipal de Barcelona

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Matilda Lloyd © Neda Navaee

Matilda Lloyd celebrates all things American – and beyond – with Ensemble 360

Nonhlanhla Yende (Bess) and Siyabulela Ntlale (Porgy) © Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Fabian Schellhorn

In full swing: the Chineke! Orchestra and Cape Town Opera bring Porgy and Bess to Berlin

By Elena Luporini

James Gaffigan conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Mark Allan

From Marsalis to Barber, an all-American Prom from Gaffigan and the BBCSO

By Leighton Jones

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Who Cares? par le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris

Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier

Until 26 Nov 23:59

Ballet Imperial, Who Cares?

Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Agrest, Ronze, Stanley, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Saint-Martin, Pagliero, Marque, Baulac, O'Neill, Colasante, Louvet, Strosser, Balanchine

© Nadja Sjöström

Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen

Brahms VC, Bernstein, Gershwin

Gilbert, Szeps-Znaider, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

© Chris Lee

New World Center

Sat 1 May at 20:00, From 01 May 20:00
to 01 Jun 23:59

Honegger, Adams, Connesson, Simon, Gershwin

Denève, Ma, Banks, New World Symphony

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Makoto Ozone © Jimmy Baikovicius

Double music: Makoto Ozone combines jazz and classical with Tokyo Philharmonic

By Kurt Gottschalk

Birthday party for Maurice Ravel in New York, 1928. Ravel at the piano; George Gershwin far right © Public domain

John Wilson: a champion of British and American music

Ethel Smyth used her golfing prowess to teach suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst how to throw bricks. © GPP | LSE Library

Polymath composers and their extra-musical successes

By Timmy Fisher

Gershwin, George

Gershwin, George

Fact file

Year of birth	1898
Year of death	1937
Nationality	United States
Period	Early 20th century

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