Hershey Felder (born July 9, 1968) is a Canadian pianist, actor, playwright, composer and producer. He is the first artist to have created (as playwright, actor and pianist) the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the stage play George Gershwin Alone. Combining the craft of acting and concert-level piano performance, George Gershwin Alone was followed by the creation of the role of Fryderyk Chopin, the Polish com...
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Hershey Felder (born July 9, 1968) is a Canadian pianist, actor, playwright, composer and producer. He is the first artist to have created (as playwright, actor and pianist) the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the stage play George Gershwin Alone. Combining the craft of acting and concert-level piano performance, George Gershwin Alone was followed by the creation of the role of Fryderyk Chopin, the Polish composer/pianist, and the roles of Ludwig van Beethoven and Gerhard von Breuning in Beethoven, As I Knew Him. These three works comprise a trilogy known as "The Composer Sonata." To date, Felder has appeared before the paying public with his trilogy as well as in theatre roles and concerts for more than 4,000 performances. Felder has acknowledged that he will continue his theatrical one-man format with stories reaching further than just the art of classical music, and will also include his own compositions.
Of Felder’s compositions, Noah’s Ark,...
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