SIMON PIERRO – EN

Simon Pierro

Born on 2 October, 1978 in Ettlingen, Germany

Is the iPad Magician, a digital magician without parallel. Performing his magic tricks worldwide from Hong Kong to Hollywood, he takes audiences to places they’ve never been, using a technological marvel they know and love — an iPad. Simon’s spellbinding live performances, along with 80 million views of his online videos, have launched him into global prominence, with critics calling his unique brand of iPad magic “unforgettable,” “mind-blowing” and “unique.”

2002 Simon Pierro’s presentations include modern elements of popular culture and have little to do with the cliché of the “magician with tailcoat and top hat.” With his stage show “The American Dream – From Rags to Riches,” developed together with director Eberhard Riese, he has won several magic awards. In 2002, the Magic Circle of Germany voted him Magician of the Year. Among other successes he became the German champion and award-winner in the World Championships of Magic (FISM). In 2004, he received the Siegfried & Roy Award in Las Vegas.

Since 2008 he has been heavily involved in digital magic, a combination of magic and technical innovation. Pierro is now known as “The iPad Magician,” and was the first German magician to be invited to an Apple Store. He uses Apple’s tablet and sleight of hand techniques to make objects appear to be pulled out of the iPad and psychokinesis in order to connect the iPad into the real world. One of his signature illusions is to attach a beer tap to the screen of an iPad and then serve glasses of beer pouring from it to thirsty audience members.

2015 With video clips such as “Preview of iOS 5” and “iPad Horror,” videos of Pierro’s iPad magic act have seen notable success online, with views topping 80 million as of June, 2015.