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Hershey Felder (born July 9, 1968) is a Canadian pianist, actor, playwright, composer, producer, and director. He 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, the roles of Ludwig van Beethoven and Gerhard von Breuning in ''Beethoven, As I Knew Him'', Leonard Bernstein in ''Maestro Bernstein'', Franz Liszt in ''Musik'', and Irving Berlin in ''Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin''. These works comprise "The Composer Sonata." To date, Felder has appeared before the paying public with his Sonata as well as in theatre roles and concerts for more than 4700 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. As director, Felder premiered award-winning concert pianist Mona Golabek in ''The Pianist of Willesden Lane''. The acclaimed one-woman show is Felder's adaptation of ''The Children of Willesden Lane'', written by Golabek and Lee Cohen. Of Felder’s compositions, ''Noah’s Ark, an Opera'' has been performed with members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. His ''Aliyah Concerto on Israeli Themes'' for piano and orchestra has been performed in Canada and in the United States. The Suite ''Les Anges de Paris'' for violin and piano, ''Etudes Thématiques'', as well as ''Song Settings'' (the poetry of Vachel Lindsay) have been performed on and recorded by the WFMT Radio Network in Chicago. In September 2010, ''An American Story'' was recorded with the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra, composed of members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, and conducted by Alan Heatherington. In October 2014, American Theatre Magazine referred to Felder as a "one-man cottage industry" for whom quality is paramount in that he feels a responsibility to his audience. 〔http://americantheatre.org/2014/10/performerplaywright-hershey-felders-specialty-conjuring-composers/〕 Currently, Felder is the President of Eighty-Eight Entertainment, a music-based production company, producing new performance works worldwide. He is married to Kim Campbell, the former Prime Minister of Canada. == Performance history == Broadway, London’s West End: ''George Gershwin Alone'', Helen Hayes Theatre, Duchess Theatre. National and International Appearances: Regional and international appearances of Composers Sonata (1999–2014) include Old Globe Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Geffen Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Ford's Theatre, Cleveland Play House, American Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, Ravinia Festival, Chicago's Royal George Theatre, Prince Music Theatre (Philadelphia), Birch North Park Theatre (San Diego), The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Uijeongbu Theatre Festival (South Korea) and many others. Upcoming International Appearances: ''Monsieur Chopin'', ''Beethoven As I Knew Him'', and ''Irving Berlin''. Compositions: include ''Fairytale'', a musical; ''Les Anges de Paris, Suite for Violin and Piano''; ''Song Settings'', poetry by Vachel Lindsay; ''Aliyah, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Saltimbanques for Piano and Orchestra; Etudes Thematiques for Piano''; ''An American Story for Actor & Orchestra''. Recordings: include ''Love Songs of the Yiddish Theatre'', ''Back from Broadway'', and ''George Gershwin Alone'' and ''Monsieur Chopin'' for the WFMT Radio Network Recordings label; ''Beethoven As I Knew Him'' and ''An American Story'' for the Eighty Eight Entertainment label. Worldwide live broadcasts, ''George Gershwin Alone'', July 2005 and May 2011. National broadcast of ''Monsieur Chopin'', November 2005. Current Projects: include the new musical, ''Abe Lincoln's Piano'', as well as a recording of current compositions. ''The Pianist of Willesden Lane'' 〔http://holdontoyourmusic.org/play.html〕 will continue its U.S. tour. In its world premiere engagement, ''Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin'' broke box office records for both Felder's production company and for the presenting theatre, the Geffen Playhouse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hershey Felder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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