Fans of Hershey Felder needn’t have worried that his “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar” show earlier this year — billed as the finale in his composer series — would be his last performances in the Bay Area.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley announced Monday that the pianist-historian-playwright will return to kick off 2026 with a world premiere, “Hershey Felder: The Piano and Me,” featuring music by Wagner, Mendelssohn and others.

The autobiographical show will make its debut Jan. 17 and run through Feb. 8 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

Felder’s acclaimed portrayals of noted composers have broken attendance records for the Peninsula theater company, Over the years, he has presented shows that artfully combine the life stories and music of such masters as Beethoven, Chopin, Debu

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