Michael Feinstein in passing his love of great songs to the next generation


For most of his career of their 50s, Michael Feinstein showed his love for the great American songs by carrying them. “We’re sorting with the harmonic invention of songs, the melodic ideas” “he said.” Express fundamental emotions in a very eloquent manner that people can only relate. “

He has joined the starting, like a boy in Columbus, Ohio: “I’ve got five, I had to play and you are being mad.” My mother got to go with the kitchen and said, “he said,” he looked like this? And I said, “none!” And he sent me to my room to lie! ‘

Was played by ear to five years. I am Of his childhood said: “I feel a lot. I was still a lonely boy. I had a lot of friends was the Rachman Box Heading to Elton John and Darling Kope Kyon”.

But his “hobbies” I will soon take a popular funny. For 12 years of piano, he has been played. “He said,” “” Why do those are the places where I could play with shows without anyone. “

I didn’t go to high school but he made an amazing education. For example, “I’ve learned that I had to program what I was doing as if this state programs a show, with an emotional arc and shtick and things that keep people.”

Feinstein has moved to it when he had 20 years, where you meet one of his Irors: IRAs of 80 Gershwin George Gershwin’s writing brother. Ira was so impressed by EncyclopaEdic knowledge of Gershwin material that gave him a job. “I was just assumed to be for a couple of weeks to catogs with phonographs”, Feinstein said. “But he ended up a few years as an amazing musical partner, that is a beautiful word for stoogue! It was incredible time in my life.”

In 1986, Ferentein had the invitation that changed his life: to perform in the oak of the nerdo the New York’s algunk. “And from that, everything has started popping,” he said.

29 years old, Feinstein’s career has been launched. Dye Dyes of the Journics Go Ahead – In Stage, on PBS, on his 88 hotels, and in his life friendship with LIFE. (Colluated with her on her new memoir.) But he did not mean to sing the great American songs; has also wanted to collect.

It is to eat a glass of memorabilia, recordings and scores, as the first picture of “Rappy in blue”.

By the collection of Michael Feinstein song and songs memorabilia.

CBS NEWS


In the past few years feoisstein became still to dedicate to pass their love of the great songs to the next generation. He said, “And carrying the weight of the heavy to introduce these songs so that you are looking in a younger person, because it becomes part of them, and go to a part.”

In that groced, Feinstein has set up in foundation in Carmel, Indian. There is a writer’s museum museum … a art of art center … and an ethicing of eating social, in which 40 students of interpreting of the spherra for interpreting this music. “And it’s right next to the taylor swift or what you listen,” he said.

For Feinstein The Great SongBook is not only music from 1950: “I think King’s Carole and Billy Joel and Neil John in American Songherbook”, he said. “It’s not only the 1910 and I” 20s and ’30s; is evolved. ”

Michael Feinstein also turns on the entire country, including tony’s concert (that you can look at the most seasoning service of everyone to hold the alley.


For more information:


Story produced and edited by emanuele section.


See also:

Leave a Comment