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Simon Tedeschi (born 1 May 1981) is an Australian classical pianist.
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- Simon tedeschi plays
- Early life
- Career
- Media
- Work for children
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
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Early life
Tedeschi was born in Gosford to Mark Tedeschi QC, Senior Crown Prosecutor for New South Wales and photographer and Vivienne Tedeschi, the daughter of a Polish Holocaust survivor, Lucy Gershwin. He grew up on the North Shore of Sydney and attended Beaumont Road Public School in West Killara and St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney where the headmaster discouraged him from taking part in sports lest he damage his hands.
His teachers were Neta Maughan in Australia, Noretta Conci in England and Peter Serkin in USA.
When he was 9 years old, he performed Mozart Piano Concerto no. 19 K.459 in the Sydney Opera House. At age 13, Tedeschi played for Luciano Pavarotti.
Career
Tedeschi signed with Sony Music Australia in 2000 and his debut CD was nominated for an ARIA award for Classical Record of the Year. In 2004, he recorded Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto and Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra with Richard Bonynge.
In 2013, recorded Gershwin and Me (Universal/ABC), a CD that stayed for two weeks at number 1 on the Australian classical music charts. The same year, a follow up album was entitled Gershwin Take 2.
He released a recording of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition for ABC/Universal and performed Rachmaninoff's Piano concerto no. 4 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Tedeschi has played in the presence of different personalities of the world of politics, such as Vladimir Putin and George W Bush. He also played for the Dalai Lama at a fundraising concert.
Media
He appears regularly in the TV series Spicks and Specks on ABC TV, and he participated in the Oscar-winning movie ‘Shine’, where he played the hands of David Helfgott.
Work for children
He played the role of Mozart in Sydney Opera House’s Babies Proms, and performed a show based on his childhood, Simon Tedeschi: Pianist and Prankster at the Monkey Baa Theatre Company.
Awards
Tedeschi was awarded the ABC Young Performer of the Year in 1998, performing the Ginastera Piano Concerto no. 1 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jun Markl. He was also the winner of the top prize in the keyboard section of the Royal Overseas League Music Competition in London (2002).
In 2001, Tedeschi was awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal by the then Prime Minister of Australia John Howard.
Personal life
He currently lives in Sydney with his partner, Sydney painter Loribelle Spirovski