George Gershwin. Leben und Musik. Moderiert und gespielt von Nadia Singer, Klavier.

George Gershwin is considered the first American composer to break down the wall between classical and popular music.
classical and popular music and had an enormous influence on the development of jazz.

He defined the sound of America!

Handsome, rich, famous and very hardworking, he inspired his contemporaries with his work and became known far beyond America's borders.

Nadia Singer demonstrates on the piano how Gershwin changed the course of music forever.

Among others, his piano works, selected songs from the "Songbook" and of course the piece that made him famous and rich at the age of 25 - "Rhapsody in Blue* - will be heard in Gershwin's piano version.

His personality, his music, the congenial collaboration with his brother Ira Gershwin, his wives and friends, the zeitgeist in early 20th century America, which Gershwin helped shape through the soundtrack of his music. All this becomes present through Nadia's cheerful moderation.