Simon Tedeschi

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Simon Tedeschi (born 1981 in Sydney) is a Sydney based Australian Jewish classical pianist. He studied piano with Neta Maughan from 1990 to 2000. In 2002, he moved to London to study with Noretta Conci.

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[edit] Life and career

Tedeschi first performed a Mozart piano concerto at age 9 in the Sydney Opera House and since then has played as a soloist with the Queensland, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, Texas. He has toured Taiwan, New Caledonia, Italy and Malta as soloist with the SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra.

[edit] Performances

Charitable performances have a prominent part in Tedeschi's performing schedule; in 2005 he gave performances for the Karuna Foundation in support of Cambodian orphans, the Mater Hospital and a gala concert in the Sydney Opera House for the Wayside Chapel. Tedeschi is the Roving Ambassador for The Australian Children's Music Foundation. He was recently awarded the Centenary of Federation Medal by the Governor General of Australia.

[edit] Awards and recognition

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 U.S. 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.

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 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.

In 1996, Tedeschi attended the Van Cliburn Institute, Texas, for 3 weeks, which accepted only 20 pianists worldwide. He was one of only three chosen to perform a Mozart Concerto with the Fort Worth Orchestra.

Tedeschi was the subject of an Australian Broadcasting Corporation documentary, Australian Story, screened nationally on August 5th, 1999.

In February 2002 Tedeschi won the keyboard section of the Royal Overseas League Music Competition in London, which is open to Commonwealth musicians under the age of 28.

He has also been in a number of episodes of the ABC music quiz show, Spicks and Specks, often choosing the Baroque category in the "Know Your Product" round.

[edit] Recordings

Tedeschi signed a recording deal with 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 ARIA award – Classical Record of the Year.

In 2003 he recorded Leroy Anderson's Piano Concerto with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Simon has recently recorded Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto and 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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