Michael Feinstein

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Michael Feinstein (2009)

Michael Feinstein (born September 7, 1956 in Columbus , Ohio ) is an American singer , songwriter , pianist and actor . Feinstein is particularly known for his repertoire of songs from the Great American Songbook .

Life

Michael Feinstein and Marvin Hamlisch sing Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" (2009)

Feinstein was born in 1956 to Florence Mazie and Edward Feinstein. In his childhood he learned to play the piano and at the age of 20 after finishing school in Ohio he went to Los Angeles , where he worked as a piano player in bars for two years. It was there that Feinstein met Ira Gershwin , who employed him for six years in Beverly Hills to catalog his large collection of music recordings (and that of his brother George Gershwin ). During these years Feinstein also met Ira Gershwin's property neighbor Rosemary Clooney in Beverly Hills, with whom he was a close friend until her death.

In 1986 Feinstein released his first CD Pure Gershwin , a collection of music by George and Ira Gershwin. Shortly thereafter, Feinstein released Live at the Algonquin and Remember , pieces of music by Irving Berlin, in 1986 . This was followed by Is not It Romantic and Over There . Feinstein then started a music project in the Great American Songbook : together with Burton Lane , Jule Styne , Jerry Herman , Hugh Martin , Jimmy Webb , Jay Livingston and Ray Evans . In 1992 Feinstein released a children's music album, Pure Imagination . Other albums Forever , Such Sweet Sorrow , Big City Rhythms . Romance on Film / Romance on Broadway , Live with the Israel Philharmonic and Hopeless Romantics followed. Feinstein is the owner of the Manhattan nightclub Feinstein’s at the Regency Theater , a show stage for cabaret performers. Feinstein has been living in a registered partnership since October 2008 . In 2009, Feinstein performed with singer Cheyenne Jackson on a music show The Power of Two in New York City.

Prizes and awards (selection)

  • 1988: Drama Desk Special Award
  • 2009: Grammy Awards 2009 , nomination for Best Vocal Album - Traditional Pop (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album)

Filmography (selection)

  • 1987: The best years ( Thirtysomething , TV series, episode 1x05)
  • 1987: Society (The Two Mrs. Grenvilles)
  • 1994: Love Is Not Just a Word (This Can't Be Love)
  • 1996: Cybill , (TV series, episode 2x23)
  • 1996: Ivana Trump: You can't buy love (For Love Alone: ​​The Ivana Trump Story)
  • 1998: The Closer (TV series, episode 2x13)
  • 2006: A Heavenly Family ( 7th Heaven , TV series, episode 1x05)
  • 2014: Devious Maids ( Devious Maids , TV series, episode 2x13)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New York Daily News: Odd couples take over city cabarets
  2. ↑ Huffington Post: Life Is Still a Cabaret, Vow Feinstein, Jackson
  3. ^ New York Times: What Secret Hearts? Let the Sunshine In
personal data
SURNAME Feinstein, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Ohio