Simon Tedeschi

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Simon Tedeschi (born 1 May 1981) is an Australian classical pianist and writer.

Early life

Tedeschi was born in Gosford to Mark Tedeschi QC, Senior Crown Prosecutor for New South Wales, and doctor Vivienne Tedeschi, the daughter of a Polish Holocaust survivor, Lucy Gershwin.

Raised in a Jewish household, 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 the United States.

When he was 9 years old, Tedeschi performed Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 19, K.459 in the Sydney Opera House. At age 13, he played for Luciano Pavarotti.

Career

Tedeschi signed with Sony Music Australia in 2000. His debut CD, Simon Tedeschi, was nominated for at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 for Best Classical Album. In 2004 he recorded Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto and Grieg's Piano Concerto with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra with Richard Bonynge. His album, Grieg / Tchaikovsky – Piano Concertos, peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Classical chart in October 2005.

In November 2012 he released his next album, Gershwin and Me (Universal Music Group/ABC), which reached No. 4 on the ARIA Classical, No. 5 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums, No. 68 on the ARIA Top 100 Physical Albums charts in January 2013. In that year, a follow-up album, Gershwin Take 2, by Tedeschi with James Morrison and Sarah McKenzie was issued. It received two ARIA Award nominations in 2014 for Virginia Read's work as engineer and producer.

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.

Media

He appeared regularly on the TV show Spicks and Specks on ABC TV, and he participated in the Oscar-winning movie Shine, where he played the hands of David Helfgott.

Writing

In 2022, Tedeschi published his first book entitled Fugitive, an unclassifiable work encompassing prose poetry, philosophy, memoir, meditation, aphorism and essay; the title is a reference to Prokofiev's collection of piano miniatures, Visions fugitives. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry.** In May 2022, Tedeschi was announced as the winner of the *Australian Book Review*s Calibre Prize for his essay "This woman my grandmother". Fugitive was shortlisted for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection at the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards.

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.

Personal life

Tedeschi currently lives in Sydney.

Discography

Albums

::data[format=table title="List of albums, with selected details"] | Title | Details | Simon Tedeschi | Piano Concertos: Tchaikovsky, Grieg (with The Queensland Orchestra & Richard Bonynge) | Simon Tedeschi & Ian Cooper (with Ian Cooper) | Gershwin & Me | Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, KV488 (with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra & Alexander Briger) | Gershwin & Me: Take Two | Tender Earth: Australian Music for Piano | Enoch Arden (with Alfred Tennyson, Richard Strauss & John Bell) | A Winter's Tale (with Roger Benedict) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

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 Märkl. He was also the winner of the top prize in the keyboard section of the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition in London (2002).

In January 2001 Tedeschi was awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal by the then Prime Minister of Australia John Howard with a citation, "For service as a Young Australian of the Year Finalist."

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. ! Ref. |- | 2000 | Simon Tedeschi | Best Classical Album |

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2006
Piano Concertos: Tchaikovsky, Grieg (with The Queensland Orchestra & Richard Bonynge)
Best Classical Album

| |- |rowspan="2" | 2014 |rowspan="2" | Virginia Read for Gershwin: Take Two | Engineer of the Year |

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Producer of the Year

| |- | 2023 | Debussy – Ravel (with Roger Benedict) | Best Classical Album | | |-

References

References

  1. Sharon Verghis. (2010-07-02). "Hearing a different beat". [[The Australian]].
  2. "Two of Us : Lucy Gershwin And Simon Tedeschi".
  3. [http://advance.org/articles/member-profile-simon-tedeschi/ "Member Profile – Simon Tedeschi"], advance.org
  4. [http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/pianist-simon-tedeschi-visits-his-old-school-beaumont-road-public-school-in-killara/story-fngr8h9d-1226969220294 "Pianist Simon Tedeschi visits his old school Beaumont Road Public School in Killara"] by Danielle Nicastri, ''[[North Shore Times]]'', 29 June 2014
  5. [http://www.sacs.nsw.edu.au/downloads/SACS_221436_Inspired%20Magazine%20August%202014_Web_FA2.6688.pdf "Old Andrean: Simon Tedeschi"] {{webarchive. link. (14 December 2014 by Melanie Pennington, ''Inspired'' (St Andrews' school paper), 2014, pp. 6–7)
  6. Law, Benjamin. (8 July 2022). "Dicey Topics: Pianist Simon Tedeschi".
  7. "Simon Tedeschi [sound recording] : [Gartner/Friedman, Scarlatti, Gershwin, Mageau, Palmgren, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Bach, Agnew, Shchedrin, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Seiber, Waller, Morton]. – Version details".
  8. "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2000". [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA).
  9. Thomas, Tara. (31 October 2005). "Week Commencing ~ 31st October 2005 ~ Issue #818". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
  10. Wallace, Ian. (14 January 2013). "Week Commencing ~ 14th January 2013 ~ Issue #1194". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
  11. "Simon Tedeschi – Gershwin: Take Two".
  12. "2014 ARIA Awards Winners By Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
  13. Unit, Commercial Development. "Simon Tedeschi – Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition".
  14. "Sydney Symphony Orchestra {{!}} Symphony for the Common Man".
  15. ABC TV. (2014-02-19). "Spicks and Specks: Simon Tedeschi on Pianos".
  16. Kelly Burke, "Of genius and geekdom", ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 18 September 1999, Spectrum, p. 3s
  17. Jane Albert, "The Face", ''[[The Weekend Australian]]'', 31 March – 1 April 2001, Review, p. R3
  18. Miriam Cosic. (26 April 2022). "Simon Tedeschi: Key Change".
  19. "The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards".
  20. Tedeschi, Simon. (May 2022). "This woman my grandmother".
  21. (2023-08-02). "Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists". Books+Publishing.
  22. "Sydney Opera House Babies Proms – Meeting Mozart in Beijing".
  23. "Simon Tedeschi: Pianist and Prankster » Riverside Parramatta".
  24. "ABC Classic FM – Young Performers Awards returns in 2017".
  25. "Royal Over-Seas League".
  26. "Award Extract – Name Tedeschi, Simon". [[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia).
  27. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
  28. (21 September 2023). "Nominees Announced for 2023 ARIA Awards".

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