![]() ![]() The assignment led to six years of researching, cataloguing and preserving the unpublished sheet music and rare recordings in Gershwin's home, Ira's works but also those of his composer brother George Gershwin. Through the widow of concert pianist-actor Oscar Levant, in 1977 he was introduced to Ira Gershwin, who hired him to catalogue his extensive collection of phonograph records. Career Īfter graduating from high school, Feinstein worked in local piano bars for two years, moving to Los Angeles when he was 20. As his mother saw no problem with her son's method, she took him out of lessons and allowed him to enjoy music his own way. At the age of five, he studied piano for a couple of months until his teacher became angered that he was not reading the sheet music she gave him, since he was more comfortable playing by ear. Early life įeinstein was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Florence Mazie (née Cohen), an amateur tap dancer, and Edward Feinstein, a sales executive for the Sara Lee Corporation and a former amateur singer. He currently serves as Artistic Director for The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana. Feinstein is also a multi-platinum-selling, five-time Grammy-nominated recording artist. In 1988 he won a Drama Desk Special Award for celebrating American musical theatre songs. He is an archivist and interpreter for the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. Michael Jay Feinstein (born September 7, 1956) is an American singer, pianist and music revivalist. ![]()
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