Un americano en París

Classical music concert at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, taking its title from George Gershwin's symphonic poem Un americano en París, premiered in 1928.

The title refers to the symphonic poem Un americano en París, which George Gershwin premiered in New York in 1928. Gershwin, an American composer trained in popular song and jazz, combined a symphony orchestra with jazz-inflected sonorities in this work to portray an American tourist's stroll through the French capital.

The concert belongs to the classical music repertoire and takes place at the Palau de la Música Catalana, a modernista building designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner between 1905 and 1908 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. As well as concerts, the venue hosts exhibitions and other cultural activities in Barcelona.

Gershwin's piece is one of the most widely performed orchestral works by the composer, and its identity rests on the combination of styles he proposed at its premiere.