The Sinfonia Varsovia and pianist Paul Lay have chosen New York as the venue for this concert, a transatlantic voyage punctuated by the music of Gershwin.

Packed with Gershwin’s own dazzling piano solos, Rhapsody in Blue has become one of the most famous orchestral pieces of all time. Growing up in New York City, George Gershwin’s musical gift ...

Born in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants, Gershwin was about 10 when he heard ... He started studying piano and, at 15, dropped out of high school to work as a “plugger” at a ...

The orchestra featured Gershwin as a piano soloist and conductor in 1936 ... Watch video 4:24 Sumino with a Gershwin fan, Laura Gold, in New York City He introduced himself as a Japanese pianist ...

He had some lessons with the top New York teachers (piano with Ernest Hutcheson and Charles Hambitzer, harmony with Edward Kilenyi and Rubin Goldmark) but no one can teach a composer the gifts with ...

The Sinfonia Varsovia and pianist Paul Lay have chosen New York as the venue for this concert, a transatlantic voyage punctuated by the music of Gershwin.

Growing up in New York City, George Gershwin’s musical gift became clear when he began to play a piano that had been bought for his older brother, Ira. He never looked back. Gershwin became ...