Simon Tedeschi pianist and George Washingmachine
Vocalist/violinist
Saturday 3 August 2024 7:30pm
Extraordinary concert pianist, Simon Tedeschi, is one of Australia’s best-loved classical musicians, performing everything from Mozart and Chopin to Debussy and Prokofiev for orchestras, festivals, and venues around the world, from Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall via Abu Dhabi and Shanghai. With a long-harboured love of jazz, and three celebrated albums of Gershwin’s music to his name, Tedeschi teams up with jazz vocalist and violinist, George Washingmachine, for something a little different, Gershwin favourites and classic jazz standards by Cole Porter, Oscar Peterson, Fats Waller and more.
George Washingmachine is an entertainer, working mainly in the jazz world. A jazz violinist and vocalist, who writes music, and occasionally plays the guitar and double bass. George has played major festivals around Australia as well as jazz festivals in France, Switzerland and the UK. He toured his group Feel the Manouche to Havana International Jazz Festival, and the Singapore Jazz Festival, then toured across the USA from New Orleans to New York and Seattle.
Program to include
A fresh approach to well-known songs by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Fats Waller and more.Presented in association with Musica Viva Australia
Concert information
Concert commences 7:30pm
Location
St John Paul College Theatre
Hogbin Drive, Coffs Harbour