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For over 20 years Rick Taliesin has traveled the globe entertaining audiences with his slight of hand skills and spectacular magical performances. Rick’s passion for this ancient art has led him to study and perform his craft with some of the best magicians in the world. From stage illusions to close up miracles, Rick Taliesin’s magic is a fine tuned mix of amazing feats of illusion and Celtic myth.
Rick Taliesin was born in 1971 in San Antonio, Texas. His first time on stage was at the age of four at a children’s talent contest. Rick’s act wasn’t magic but singing. He didn’t win the contest but received his first standing ovation from a sold out theatre of 2400 spectators. By the age of 18 Rick had discovered the art of magic and it quickly became clear to him that magic would be his passion for the rest of his life. Rick began to study slight of hand and magic history while attending college. For the next several years Rick performed at private parties, libraries, and local events. While attending Oxford University, Rick performed all over Europe developing his skills as a stage performer and slight of hand artist. In 1994 Rick graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelors degree in Radio/Television/Film and studied Arthurian Literature at Brasenose College, Oxford University. After college Rick began to work in television production and soon landed a position at the Cable News Network (CNN) headquarters in Atlanta, GA. Rick currently holds the position of live television director for the network.
Rick Taliesin has performed in over 9 countries around the world and has been featured on stages from the Tabernacle entertainment complex in Atlanta to the Lilla Cockrell Theatre in San Antonio. In 2011 Rick debuted his act at the world famous Las Vegas Wonderground nightclub in Las Vegas. He has performed for such celebrities like pop singer Willa Ford and actor Emmanuel Lewis. In 2009 Rick Taliesin was hired as a performer and magic consultant for a international television commercial campaign. As a result of these television performances, his magic has been featured in television commercials in over 20 countries around the world.
Rick Taliesin is a long time student of the McBride Magic and Mystery School and has developed his stage show under the direction of superstar magicians Jeff McBride and Eugene Burger. Rick is a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society of American Magicians. Rick Taliesin’s magic reminds us that in an age of endless information at our disposal, our lives are still filled with mystery. The magic awakens us to an alternate reality and shows us that something else is possible.
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