Name: Gershwin!
Start: 2025-05-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Overture Center for the Arts

Admin

Madison Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

John DeMain

Chorus master

Beverly Taylor

Orchestra

Others

Madison Symphony Chorus

Instrumentalist

Philippe Bianconi

Piano

Singer

Michelle Johnson

Soloist

Eric Greene

Gershwin!

Madison

United States

Overture Center for the Arts

Overture Hall

Gershwin!: Cuban Overture Gershwin (+2 More)

Public

Concert

Cuban Overture

Piano Concerto in F

Porgy and Bess, suite (arr. Robert Russell Bennett)

Sushant Karmakar

Approved

Our 99th season finale opens with Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, pulsing with Caribbean rhythms from dance music he fell in love with on a vacation to Havana. Beloved pianist Philippe Bianconi returns for his seventh appearance performing Gershwin’s masterpiece Concerto in F. Our maestro John DeMain has conducted more than 400 performances of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess throughout the world. He led a history-making production with the Houston Grand Opera, winning a Grammy Award, Tony Award, and France’s Grand Prix de Disque for the RCA recording. He brings Michelle Johnson, Eric Greene, and our Madison Symphony Chorus together to share his passion for this iconic work to close the season!

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Crew

Ensemble