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 Reviews 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. ==Discography==