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His headmaster at St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney dissuaded him from taking part in sports such as cricket, for fear of damaging his hands, and he was given a room to pursue his piano playing instead.<ref>"The Face:Simon Tedeschi", ''Weekend Australian'', 31 March-1 April 2001</ref> |
His headmaster at St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney dissuaded him from taking part in sports such as cricket, for fear of damaging his hands, and he was given a room to pursue his piano playing instead.<ref>"The Face:Simon Tedeschi", ''Weekend Australian'', 31 March-1 April 2001</ref> |
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*2000 |
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**[[Edvard Grieg|Grieg]]'s [[Piano Concerto (Grieg)|Piano Concerto]] with the QSO |
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**recitals for the [[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]] (MSO), |
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**a [[Alexander Scriabin|Scriabin]] program for the [[Adelaide Festival of Arts|Adelaide Festival]] |
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**an extensive recital tour for [[Musica Viva Australia]] |
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**guest appearances with the [[harmonica]] virtuoso [[Larry Adler]] on his Australian tour |
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**performed for the [[Dalai Lama]] at his fund-raising concert in [[London]] |
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**[[Edinburgh Festival]] and [[St John's, Smith Square]] – performances which moved Larry Adler to comment that "''...he is one of the finest [[George Gershwin|Gershwin]] exponents I have seen...reminds me of the young Rachmaninoff...''". |
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*2001 |
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**[[Sydney Symphony]] and [[Sydney Youth Orchestra]] |
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**toured extensively for Musica Viva Australia with guitarist [[Slava Grigoryan]] |
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*2002 |
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**recitals and concertos in [[New York]], [[Philadelphia]], [[London]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Wales]] and a 5-concert tour of [[Mexico]] as part of the [[Festival Internacional Cervantino|Cervantino Festival]]. |
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*2003 |
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**Gershwin's ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]'' at the [[Premiers of New South Wales|Premier of New South Wales]]'s [[Australia Day]] Concert at [[Darling Harbour, New South Wales|Darling Harbour]], Sydney |
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**a recital with Slava Grigoryan. |
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*2004 |
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**toured for Musica Viva, and travelled to [[Japan]] for performances with [[Leigh Warren & Dancers]]. |
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*2005 |
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**Italy |
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**the opening recital for the Australian Pavilion at the [[Expo 2005]] in [[Nagoya]], [[Japan]] and later invited back to perform in Expo Hall for [[International Marine Day]] |
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**a performance at the invitation of the [[Governor of New South Wales]] for the [[Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark|Crown Prince]] and [[Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark|Princess]] of [[Denmark]] |
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**November 2005, soloist with the [[Cyprus State Orchestra]] for the [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2005]] (CHOGM) in [[Malta]] |
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**recitals all over Australia, including performances with award-winning [[jazz]] pianist [[Kevin Hunt (pianist)|Kevin Hunt]] and touring with renowned [[Brazil]]ian [[flute|flautist]] [[Tadeu Coelho]] and [[cello|cellist]] [[Trish O'Brien]]. |
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*2006 |
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**New York, [[North Carolina]], [[San Francisco]] (with [[Roger Woodward]]) Philadelphia and [[New Mexico]] |
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**2006 International [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera]] Festival with a recital in [[St Johns, Piccadilly]], London. |
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**tours with jazz pianist Kevin Hunt. |
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*[[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich)|Piano Concerto No. 1]] with the [[Queensland Symphony Orchestra]] (QSO) |
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*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 27 (Mozart)|Piano Concerto No. 27]], K. 595 with the Sydney Symphony. |
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==Awards and recognition== |
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Tedeschi has won numerous prizes and piano scholarships. In 1994, he entered his first International Piano competition in Italy. There he was voted the ''Most Outstanding Performer in all Youth Sections'' as well as winning the Open Age Concerto Section, two Piano sections and his age section. As a result of this competition, he toured the [[United States]] in 1995, performing in New York, North Carolina and Texas. That same year, he had a private audience with [[Luciano Pavarotti]] and performed for him. |
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In 1998, Tedeschi was named the ''Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year'', performing [[Alberto Ginastera]]'s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under the baton of [[Jun Maerkl]] at the [[Victorian Arts Centre|Melbourne Concert Hall]]. He was the recipient of a ''Queen's Trust Overseas Study Award'' of $10,000, also presented at the Young Performers Awards in Melbourne. |
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In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary of [[Federation of Australia|Federation]] Medal by the [[Governor-General of Australia]]. |
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In February 2002 Tedeschi won the keyboard section of the [[Royal Overseas League]] Music Competition in London, which is open to [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] musicians under the age of 28. |
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==Media appearances== |
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Simon Tedeschi performed the hand double for actor [[Alex Rafalowicz]] ([[David Helfgott]] as a child) in the 1996 Australian film, ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]''. |
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He was the subject of an [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] TV documentary, "[[Australian Story]]", screened nationally on 5 August 1999. |
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He and his Polish-born grandmother, who died during the filming, were featured in an [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] TV documentary "The Two of Us" on 23 August 2006.<ref>[http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=1436 The Pianist and the Holocaust Survivor, The Australian Jewish News, 18 August 2006]</ref> |
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Tedeschi has been in a number of episodes of the ABC TV music quiz show, "[[Spicks and Specks (TV series)|Spicks and Specks]]". |
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==Recordings== |
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Tedeschi signed a recording deal with [[Sony Music|Sony Music Entertainment Australia]] under the [[Sony Classical]] label. His debut CD was released in May 2000. He was subsequently nominated for an [[MO Award]] as ''Classical Performer of the Year'' and for an [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] award – ''Classical Record of the Year''. |
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In 2003 he recorded [[Leroy Anderson]]'s Piano Concerto with the [[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]]. |
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Simon has recorded [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto]] and [[Piano Concerto (Grieg)|Grieg's Piano Concerto]] with the [[Queensland Symphony Orchestra]] under the baton of [[Richard Bonynge]], which was released in September 2005. Richard Bonynge commented: "''an extraordinary young pianist...I felt a true musical togetherness with Simon – his sensitivity, his passion and his superb technique.''" |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 00:39, 27 October 2012
Simon Tedeschi (born 1 May 1981) is a Boston-based classical pianist from Australia.
Life and career
Simon Tedeschi was born in Sydney to Mark Tedeschi QC, the New South Wales Crown Prosecutor and a prominent photographer[1] and Vivienne Tedeschi, who is the daughter of a Polish Holocaust survivor, Lucy Gershwin, believed to be distantly related to George Gershwin.[2][3]
His headmaster at St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney dissuaded him from taking part in sports such as cricket, for fear of damaging his hands, and he was given a room to pursue his piano playing instead.[4]
References
- ^ "The Face: Mark Tedeschi", The Australian, 22 March 2008
- ^ "The Face:Simon Tedeschi", Weekend Australian, 31 March-1 April 2001
- ^ The Pianist and the Holocaust Survivor, The Australian Jewish News, 18 August 2006
- ^ "The Face:Simon Tedeschi", Weekend Australian, 31 March-1 April 2001
External links
- Simon Tedeschi's Official Site
- Simon Tedeschi (www.pianosociety.com; retrieved 3 February 2010)
- Simon Tedeschi – Dame Joan Sutherland Fund Recipient 2008 (54kb pdf; retrieved 3 February 2010)