She presumed that my father had taught me. Playing by ear is something I've continued to do. Later on, I learnt to read music, but I still don't read music very well. This may sound odd, considering I work as a conductor, too. I started playing in piano bars.
That's where I learnt most of what I know about performing. If you can perform for five hours with drunks sitting around, you learn pretty quickly how to garner attention. The best way to get someone to be quiet is to make a joke and involve them.
I had many drunks joining in, and if they gave me a big enough tip, it didn't matter. In , I was introduced to Ira Gershwin, the lyricist who wrote the words to all of his brother George's melodies. He asked me to work for him, cataloguing his phonographic records. Suddenly, I was face-to-face with one of my idols. I was 20 and he was Those are impressionable years in anyone's life.
I was trying to figure out what to do with my life. He taught me that fame wasn't important; that you had to follow your passion, otherwise you'd never be happy. Before a show, I do vocal exercises, drink tea and have some manuka honey. I'll do a little bit of meditation and prayer. People ask me if I'm still Jewish. Well, according to Hitler, I'll always be Jewish. I'm not practising, but yes, I am Jewish, and the Jewish culture is a very important part of my life.
I'll use Yiddish phrases on stage and the response will tell me how many Jews are in the audience. Like many, I am culturally steeped in the Jewish heritage, but the actual rituals did not resonate with me when I was in my teens.
When I went to Hebrew school, the classes were in the basement of the synagogue, which had bare concrete walls. It was stark and depressing and I couldn't stand it. I complained to my mother and she was very irritated by what I said. Then, one day, she came to pick me up and she said, 'You're absolutely right'. I told my parents that I didn't want to practise Judaism.
They knew me well enough at that point to realise that I was a thoughtful kid, unusually so for my age. My father said, 'They say that if you are not bar mitzvahed in the Jewish religion, you are not a man.
So I said, 'If I change my mind, I'll let you know. Michael Feinstein celebrates birthday on September 7 of every year. The club was closed in December due to a year-long complete renovation of the Regency Hotel. In October , Feinstein married his longtime partner Terrence Flannery. The ceremony was performed by famed family court and television judge Judith Sheindlin, also known as Judge Judy.
The Foundation houses an archive and reference library; plans exist for a free-standing museum. The organization also holds an annual Great American Songbook Vocal Academy and Competition that invites high school students from around the country to compete in regional competitions; Feinstein has been a judge and mentor for the summer intensive each year from its inception in The winner receives scholarship money and the opportunity to perform with Michael at his cabaret in New York.
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