Evenings with Alex Donner
Evenings with Alex Donner
Alex Donner grew up on the east side of Manhattan and studied music and voice at Princeton University before becoming a lawyer. After five years of “divorces during the week and weddings on the weekends with the band” he devoted himself to his first love –performing the Great American Songbook. As he puts it, “weddings are a LOT more fun than divorces!”
His first major “gig” was a wedding in Jaipur, India for a former divorce client, which landed his picture in a slew of major magazines leading his orchestra while trying to keep a turban on his head! He was chosen to be the Musical Director of New York’s legendary Club El Morocco, where Frank Sinatra was a regular guest. Later, he was the musical director at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach and “Midnight Summer Swing” in Central Park. Along the way, he performed his SRO cabaret show at the Café Carlyle and the Algonquin Hotel to critical acclaim.
He continues to sing with his own Orchestra 80 times a year from Coast to Coast. (Alex Donner Entertainment has built a reputation for elegant music that “makes the party swing”). New York Magazine has called him, simply “the best!”
Now living in West Palm Beach, Alex brings his love of and deep knowledge of the Great American Songbook plus his many stories and insights from his years of performing to his show on Legends Radio 6-8 PM Monday through Friday.
Alex Donner grew up on the east side of Manhattan and studied music and voice at Princeton University before becoming a lawyer. After five years of “divorces during the week and weddings on the weekends with the band” he devoted himself to his first love –performing the Great American Songbook. As he puts it, “weddings are a LOT more fun than divorces!”
His first major “gig” was a wedding in Jaipur, India for a former divorce client, which landed his picture in a slew of major magazines leading his orchestra while trying to keep a turban on his head! He was chosen to be the Musical Director of New York’s legendary Club El Morocco, where Frank Sinatra was a regular guest. Later, he was the musical director at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach and “Midnight Summer Swing” in Central Park. Along the way, he performed his SRO cabaret show at the Café Carlyle and the Algonquin Hotel to critical acclaim.
He continues to sing with his own Orchestra 80 times a year from Coast to Coast. (Alex Donner Entertainment has built a reputation for elegant music that “makes the party swing”). New York Magazine has called him, simply “the best!”
Now living in West Palm Beach, Alex brings his love of and deep knowledge of the Great American Songbook plus his many stories and insights from his years of performing to his show on Legends Radio 6-8 PM Monday through Friday.