Teo Gheorghiu
Born	August 12, 1992 (1992-08-12) (age 17)
Origin	Männedorf, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Genres	classical
Instruments	piano

Teo Gheorghiu is a young Swiss-Canadian pianist and actor born on August 12, 1992 in Männedorf in Canton of Zürich, Switzerland from Romanian and Canadian parents.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Movie 2 Music 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Movie

In 2002 he played the main character in Vitus, released in 2006^[3]. For this role he was presented with an Undine Award in Baden, Austria for the best male debut in 2007.^[4]

[edit] Music

He started playing the piano at the age of 5 with Daniel Höxter.^[2] Since 2001 he has been studying at the Purcell School in London.^[3]

He won the first prize in the San Marino Piano Competition in 2004. In 2005 he was first again in the Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Weimar^[3].

He made his first public concert performance in 2004 in Zürich Tonhalle (fr) with Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto.^[3] In May 2007 his interpretation of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Winterthur Orchestra was acclaimed.^[3] The same year he gave concerts with the Tokyo New City Orchestra, the Zürich Chamber Orchestra (dir. Muhai Tang) and the Berne Symphony Orchestra. In 2008 he played concerts in Tokyo, Istanbul, London, Saint Petersburg and Potsdam.^[5] In 2009 he made concert tour in Zürich, Gstaad,^[6] and he will also be in Harrogate, Bad Saarow, Bucharest, Bonn, in China and in Taiwan.^[5]

[edit] References

1. ^ Andrew Littlejohn (2008-10-30). "I need to get my energy out somehow!". Swissinfo. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/I_need_to_get_my_energy_out_somehow.html?siteSect=108&sid=10021425&cKey=1228033401000&ty=st. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
2. ^ ^{a b} (German) "TEO GHEORHIU, Vitus (12 Jahre)". vitus-film.com. http://www.vitus-film.com/de/cast-teo-gheorghiu.php?n=20. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} "International Festival "George Enescu": Artists". George Enescu Festival. http://www.festivalenescu.ro/eng/artisti/teo_gheorghiu.html. Retrieved 2009-04-18. 
4. ^ "Undine Award for Teo Gheorghiu". 2007-10-29. http://www.swissfilms.ch/detail_n.asp?id=2137729209. Retrieved 2009-04-18. 
5. ^ ^{a b} (French) Falconnier, Isabelle (15 January 2009). "Vitus a grandi. Génial!". L'Hebdo (3): 68–69. ISSN 1013-0691. http://www.hebdo.ch/_1252_.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
6. ^ (French) Sylvie Bonier (2009-02-02). "Theo Gheorghiu a pris son envol à Gstaad". Tribune de Genève. http://www.tdg.ch/actu/culture/theo-gheorghiu-pris-envol-gstaad-2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 

[edit] External links

Teo Gheorghiu at the Internet Movie Database

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