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Composer: Gershwin, George (1898-1937)

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© Ronnie Scott's

Gershwin, Price, Smyth, Harding, Traditional, Max, Mills, Walton

Patrick Milne, Imogen Whitehead

Bavaria Klassik GmbH

Schloss Schleissheim

Sun 2 Aug at 19:30

Vivaldi, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Gershwin

Lee, Schöllhorn, Munich Residenz Solisten

© Mitch Jenkins

Mon 3 Aug at 19:00

Keel, Traditional, Gershwin, Beethoven, Verdi, Puccini, Bock, Keen, Guridi, Schumann, Novello, Wagner, Schönberg

Terfel, Thwaite, Stone, Zürcher Sing-Akademie

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Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Chris Christodoulou

Brash Americana and a Finzi choral rarity launch the BBC Proms

By Mark Pullinger

James Ehnes leads Mendelssohn’s Octet © Jena Poppe

Four hands, 32 strings and shared fire at Seattle Chamber Music Society’s opener

The Royal Ballet School in Ninette de Valois’ The Arts of the Theatre © THe Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Rachel Cherry

Royal Ballet School, School of American Ballet: the future is exceptional

By Amanda Jennings

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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

Klaus Mäkelä dirige l'Orchestre de Paris devant le public des Prem's © Denis Allard

Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez

Until 31 Jul 23:59

Copland, Connesson, Gershwin, Tower, Varèse

Mäkelä, Lucas, Orchestre de Paris

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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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