Hershey Felder: The Piano and Me

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Hershey Felder

Hershey Felder is currently the artistic director of FirenzeOnStage, directing TEATRO NICCOLINI in Florence, Italy, (Florence’s oldest theatre, 1648) at the left wing of Florence’s historic Duomo. American Theatre Magazine has said, "Hershey Felder, actor, Steinway Concert Artist and theatrical creator is in a category all his own." Following 28 years of continuous stage productions and over 6,000 live performances throughout the US and abroad, Hershey Felder created Live from Florence, An Arts Broadcasting Company, based in Florence, Italy, which has produced eighteen theatrical films to date. They include the recently-released Noble Genius-Chopin& Liszt, The Assembly, Mozart and Figaro in Vienna, among others. Upcoming films include the 60th anniversary documentary story of The Sound of Music film; The Joe Alterman Project featuring the story of Jazz pianist Joe Alterman, and Tender Art, the story of George Sand, Eugène Delacroix and Fryderyk Chopin. Hershey has given performances of his solo theater productions at some of the world’s most prestigious theatres and has consistently broken box office records. His shows include George Gershwin Alone (Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theatre, West End’s Duchess Theatre), Monsieur Chopin, Beethoven, Maestro (Leonard Bernstein), Franz Liszt in Musik, Lincoln: An American Story, Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Our Great Tchaikovsky, A Paris Love Story (Debussy), and Rachmaninoff and the Tsar.