Claude Debussy News

Over the last two decades, actor, pianist, Hershey Felder, has taken on the guise of many of classical music's greatest and most legendary figures: Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, as well as American icons Gershwin, Berlin and Bernstein.

The Vienna-based violinist Yury Revich is joined by French pianist Matthieu Esnult for a varied late evening concert on Saturday December 5 at The Hippodrome Casino in London's Leicester Square.

The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, will present a free virtual program led by curatorial research fellow Kerry Roeder at the museum and Brian Ganz, classical pianist on Thursday, November 19, at 6 pm EST.

Following the worldwide success of the live streaming productions of Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Hershey Felder: Beethoven and George Gershwin Alone, Rubicon Theatre Company is honored to offer tickets for virtuoso playwright, performer and pianist Hershey Felder’s 2020-2021 Season of Storytelling and Song. Five streamed productions, some newly created for the screen from locations in Florence, Italy, and Paris, France, are available for purchase at www.rubicontheatre.org, or by calling (805) 667-2900. 

Virtuoso pianist Hershey Felder has just the thing for our travel-starved souls. On Sunday, November 22nd, he will livestream a performance of Hershey Felder as Claude Debussy in A PARIS LOVE STORY, transporting audiences to Paris without needing to leave home. This musical tour de force take us to many of Paris’s most-loved sites in a personal journey through the life and music of Impressionist composer Claude Debussy, who created music of ravishing beauty, color, and compassion, from the sweeping La Mer to the evocative Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, and the mystical “Clair de lune,” ultimately shaping a whole new world of color in sound. Felder will perform the show live on Sunday, November 22 (5pm PST/8pm EST) from a rich, filmic setting in Europe that provides audiences a front-row view of the hit show. Tickets and additional information are available at HersheyFelderLive.com. BroadwayWorld recently spoke with Felder from his home in Florence, Italy while he was in the midst of preparations for the livestream.

Virtuoso performer/playwright Hershey Felder will transport audiences to the City of Light with a livestreamed performance of his hit show Hershey Felder as Claude Debussy in A PARIS LOVE STORY.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts announces two live streamed musical events produced by HERSHEY FELDER PRESENTS – LIVE FROM FLORENCE, featuring Hershey Felder.

Berkshire Theatre Group and Artistic Director/CEO Kate Maguire have announced Berkshire Theatre’s 2020 holiday season. According to Maguire, “During a time when families are feeling isolated and challenged, we strive to bring you programming that seems more important than ever, imagined in creative spaces, and in the spirit of the holiday season,'

Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to partner again with Hershey Felder Presents for their latest offering: Hershey Felder as Claude Debussy in A Paris Love Story - Live from Florence, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. CST.

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) continues its long-standing partnership with WWFM – The Classical Network (89.1FM) with a special PSO Festival of Music consisting of curated performances from the PSO archives, and broadcast over three successive Fridays, November 6, 13, and 20, at 8pm.

This holiday season, virtuoso performer/ playwright Hershey Felder will transport audiences and lift spirits with livestreamed performances directly from Europe, from the locations where his subjects lived and worked, in his hit shows Hershey Felder as Claude Debussy in A PARIS LOVE STORY and Hershey Felder TCHAIKOVSKY.

San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP) and Hershey Felder Presents announced today the details for Hershey Felder: A Paris Love Story, live from Florence. The production, featuring the music of Claude Debussy, written and performed by Hershey Felder and based on the stage play directed by Trevor Hay, will be streamed live on Nov 22 at 5 PM PT.

Celebrity Series of Boston October--December streaming and live digital events featuring Takács Quartet, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan, and folk singer-songwriters Sara and Sean Watkins. Get full details here:

Encore BSO Recitals stream will feature BSO violinist Lucia Lin performing the solo work 'Prayer' from Suite Mestiza by contemporary composer Gabriela Lena Frank and, with cello colleague Owen Young, Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is pleased to present Encore BSO Recitals, a colorful and eclectic online concert series spotlighting 50 musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in small ensembles and giving viewers a rare opportunity to experience the individual artistry of many of the musicians who make up the world-renowned ensemble.

Clark State Performing Arts Center will present WELCOME HOME: A REOPENING CONCERT on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

Berkeley Rep's Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer today announced three additional virtual projects for the fall. The season, titled Rep On-Air, will include collaborations with Tony Award nominee Raúl Esparza (Company, Speed-the-Plow, and Taboo), celebrated New Yorker cartoon artist Tom Toro, Pulitzer Finalist Eisa Davis, and Bay Area favorite Hershey Felder.

The Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) brings a breath of fresh air to its upcoming cultural season by offering concerts and discovery activities, both in the concert hall and at home! 

On August 25, 2020, The Grand Teton Music Festivala??s online edition, a?oeMusic from the Mountainsa?? presented a recital performed by Jacquelyn Stucker, soprano, and Festival Music Director Donald Runnicles, piano. Stucker, currently a Jette Parker Young Artist at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, has already been hailed as a versatile new singing actress on Boston and Berlin stages.

Artistic Director Robert Falls and Executive Director Roche Schulfer have announced 'Our Next Act'-Goodman Theatre's 2021 Season of eight plays on its two stages (the 856-seat Albert Theatre and 350-seat flexible Owen Theatre) scheduled to begin when it is deemed safe for audiences, artists and staff.