{"id":16901,"date":"2014-08-13T17:02:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T07:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=16901"},"modified":"2014-08-13T17:02:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T07:02:21","slug":"simon-tedeschi-pianist-and-prankster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=16901","title":{"rendered":"Simon Tedeschi: Pianist And Prankster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16902\" alt=\"download (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/download-2.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><i>\u201cIf maths were music, then Simon would be at the top of the class\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Simon\u2019s School Report \u2013 Year 4<\/p>\n<p>Join one of Australia\u2019s most inspiring young musicians, Simon Tedeschi at Monkey Baa\u2019s Lend Lease Darling Quarter Theatre\u00a0as he takes us on a journey through a day in his life from 5am practice sessions, his first public performance age 8 at Sydney Opera House, winning the Sydney Piano Competition age 10 to playing in front of Luciano Pavarotti at the age of 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Through hilarious anecdotes as a boy, Simon recalls his pranks and practices which shaped his extraordinary life while playing some of his favourite music including Chopin\u2019s <i>Minute Waltz<\/i>, Beethoven\u2019s <i>Fur Elise<\/i> and in homage to his grandmother \u2013 a Polish Mazurka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Starring Simon Tedeschi, directed by Eva Di Cesare, written by Simon Tedeschi,\u00a0Tim McGarry &amp; Eva Di Cesare.<\/p>\n<p>Suitable for ages 6-12 years\u00a0<b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tickets:<b>\u00a0<\/b>$25pp \/ Family 4 $90 \/ Family 5 $110<\/p>\n<p>Bookings:<b>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monkeybaa.com.au\">www.monkeybaa.com.au<\/a> <\/b>or<b> 02 8624 9340<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u201cIf maths were music, then Simon would be at the top of the class\u201d Simon\u2019s School Report \u2013 Year 4 Join&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"sls_format":[],"class_list":["post-16901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shows"],"acf":{"deck":"","is_featured":false,"media_type":"standard","audio_embed":"","video_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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