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Park Lane Hotel Announces 99-Year-Old World-Renowned Pianist Will Perform At The Park Room

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Published
03/09/2015 by

 Park Lane Hotel, a luxury 46-story hotel with panoramic views of Central Park and the New York City Skyline, today announced that 99-year-old world-renowned pianist Irving Fields will perform at The Park Room, the hotel's restaurant overlooking Central Park.

Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 12:00pm to 3:00pm, Fields – who is currently the oldest working U.S. piano player – will entertain guests dining at the Park Room with a collection of both his most noteworthy compositions as well as renditions of music from a large variety of other well-known artists. His performances will also be filmed for a new documentary currently in production, which chronicles his extremely successful career and the past year of his life as he will be turning 100-years-old on August 4th, 2015. Incidentally, Fields shares his birthday with President Barack Obama.

"We are honored to welcome the legendary Irving Fields to perform at The Park Room," stated Tim Dowd, General Manager, Park Lane Hotel. "Born and raised in New York City, Irving has captivated the world with his music and we know our guests will be delighted with his performances during their lunch or brunch while overlooking Central Park."

A native New Yorker, Irving Fields grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. At the young age of eight, Fields attended his first piano lesson and has continued to play ever since. As a pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader, Fields is well known for releasing music that joined Latin, jazz and popular music, resulting in international hits such as "Miami Beach Rhumba" and "Managua Nicaragua." In addition, his series of world fusion records that artfully combined Latin rhythms with Jewish music, Italian music, French music and Hawaiian music remain immortal 1950's period pieces and influential precursors to today's world fusion.

Fields has been and remains a fixture in the Manhattan hotel scene. His first New York City hotel job was at the Crest Room on East 56th Street. From there, his fame skyrocketed, landing him jobs at the Roxy Theatre, London Palladium, the Eddie Cantor Show in Las Vegas, Carnegie Hall in New York and Symphony Hall in Boston. Wanting to take a break from traveling and touring, Fields found himself back in New York playing at the Park Sheraton, where he remained for 16 years. Following the Park Sheraton, he performed at the Plaza Hotel for eight years, the Sheraton for three years, the Park Lane Hotel two years, the Intercontinental Hotel for about a year-and-a-half as well as the Hudson Valley Resort for four summers.

"I have played the piano for audiences around the world throughout my career, but to this day, playing in the city I grew up in remains very special to me," stated Irving Fields. "I am thrilled to be back at the Park Lane Hotel during such a monumental time in my life."

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