Hershey Felder

Who is 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 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, the role of Leonard Bernstein in The Making of a Maestro: Bernstein, and Franz Liszt in Rock Star. 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 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.

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.