George Feyer, 92; Pianist at Elegant New York Hotels

George Feyer, 92, a talented pianist who entertained sophisticated New York audiences at several top hotels with his mix of musical styles, stories and humor, died Sunday in New York City.

Feyer, whose style was likened to that of Victor Borge, was alternately a fixture at the Carlyle, Stanhope and Waldorf-Astoria hotels over three decades. He also recorded numerous albums, including “Echoes of Paris” and “Echoes of Broadway.”

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Feyer studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music but shunned a career in classical music and embraced popular music after graduating in 1932. He performed throughout Europe, earning such fans as the exiled duke of Windsor in Paris. Returning to Hungary to be with his family at the start of World War II, he was placed in forced labor by the Nazis and sent to the Bergen-Belsen death camp, from which he was later liberated. He arrived in the United States in 1951. He retired in 1982.