Steve Cohen (magician)

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name = Steve Cohen


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caption = Steve Cohen at The Waldorf Towers after a Chamber Magic performance
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birth_place = Yonkers, New York
residence = New York, New York
nationality = American
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known_for = Parlor magic performances at The Waldorf-Astoria hotel
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occupation = Magician, Illusionist, Writer
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website = [http://www.chambermagic.com/ chambermagic.com]
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Steve Cohen (born February 1, 1971) is an American magician who specializes in parlor magic. Sometimes called the millionaires' magician, he performs regularly in a suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York and at private parties in other places.,http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2005/1010/060.html]

Biography

Steve Cohen was born in Yonkers New York on February 1, 1971 and raised in Yorktown Heights and Chappaqua in northern Westchester County, New York. He attended Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua and Cornell University, and also participated in a foreign exchange program at Waseda University in Tokyo. He is fluent in the Japanese language, and has attained Level One certification in the Japanese Language Proficiency Examination. Since 1997, the Japanese magic manufacturer Tenyo Co, Ltd. has appointed Cohen to translate the instructional booklets for their international line of magic products from Japanese to English. [http://www.tenyoworld.co.uk/Profiles.htm]

Cohen lived in Tokyo, Japan for five years, where he worked as a society entertainer at the Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel in Shinjuku. For the last two years of his stay in Tokyo, Cohen entertained guests weekly at the New York Bar & Grill, famous as the setting of Sofia Coppola’s film Lost in Translation.

In 2005, Harper Collins published his first book, "Win the Crowd: Unlock the Secrets of Influence, Charisma and Showmanship" in which he highlights the psychological secrets of magicians and how people can use these secrets in their everyday lives.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/24/AR2007012401143.html] . The book has been translated into six languages, including Japanese, Spanish, Korean, and Indonesian.

Cohen holds the rank of MIMC (Member of the Inner Magic Circle) with Gold Star, awarded by the Magic Circle in London.

Cohen regularly presents his "Chamber Magic" show at the homes and events of wealthy individuals, with notable hosts including Michael Bloomberg, Barry Diller, Martha Stewart, Jack Welch, Michael Eisner, Stephen Sondheim, Sir André Previn, Anne Sophie Mutter, and the Queen of Morocco.,http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/own-this-city/8709/sleight-difference]

"Chamber Magic"

"Chamber Magic" has been presented by Cohen in New York since April, 2000. The show's title was inspired by the term chamber music, the intimate form of classical music typically performed in sophisticated and smaller venues. Cohen has recreated the intimacy of 19th century parlor magic performances by performing in the close quarters of a private suite. His show is strongly influenced by the Viennese magician Johann Nopomuk Hofzinser (1806-1875), the father of parlor magic, who entertained an elite audience of invited guests three or four times a week.

Cohen's "Chamber Magic" shows are held four times weekly in the Waldorf Towers hotel in New York, but have also been presented for public groups at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel (Los Angeles), The Drake Hotel (Chicago), The Beau Rivage (Geneva), The Langham Hilton (London), The Four Seasons Houston, Harvard Faculty Club (Boston), and the Ritz Carlton San Francisco.

The Creative Director of "Chamber Magic" is magician, author and positioning expert Mark Levy.

Television appearances

Cohen has appeared on numerous talk show and news programs, including CNN, Martha Stewart Living, CBS Sunday Morning, The History Channel, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, The Richard and Judy Show, and Night Talk on Bloomberg Television.

References

External links

* [http://www.chambermagic.com Official site]