Stages is bringing one of classical music’s most beloved composers back from beyond the grave in “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar,” a portrayal of Sergei Rachmaninoff during his final days as he recalls, ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff is remembered for his rich, sweeping and often complex melodies that evoke the sounds and sights of his native Russia. But what most people don’t know about the famed composer is ...

Having safely left Russia during the 1917 revolution, legendary pianist-composer Sergei V. Rachmaninoff made his home in the United States. In 1942, at the age of 68, he received American citizenship ...

When the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff left Russia with his wife and two daughters at the end of 1917, he left behind all his works except the recently revised Piano Concerto No. 1 and the vocal score ...

Later this month, theater actor-pianist-playwright Hershey Felder will return to San Diego’s Balboa Theatre to premiere his 12th play inspired by a composer — “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar.” Besides the ...

Hershey Felder’s critically acclaimed series of composer plays has been a goldmine for Theatreworks Silicon Valley since their inception back in 1998 with George Gershwin Alone. Since then, he’s ...

Audiences are used to seeing Hershey Felder perform solo. In 1999, the pianist and actor Hershey Felder created a one-man show, “George Gershwin Alone.” He initially thought it would run for a short ...

There’s a revealing insight that pulls back the curtain on Hershey Felder’s ambitious point of view. The anecdote goes back nearly 45 years, when Felder was tackling Russian master Sergei Rachmaninoff ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Inon Barnatan has created a solo transcription of “Symphonic Dances” in which he tries “not to imitate an orchestra, but to embody it.” By Joshua ...