Hershey Felder

Hershey Felder is a Canadian pianist, actor, playwright, composer, producer, and director. He created the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the stage play George Gershwin Alone. Combining the craft of acting and concertlevel piano performance, George Gershwin Alone was followed by the creation of the role of Fryderyk Chopin, the Polish composerpianist, 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.

Felder was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on July 9, 1968 to Jacob Felder and Eva Surek Felder . A firstgeneration NorthAmerican, much of Felders upbringing included Eastern European traditions, in particular traditions associated with the Jewish faith into which he was born. Early schooling included Hebrew Academy Day School of Montreal as well as synagogue affiliations with Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem Synagogue in Cte SaintLuc, Quebec.

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