Check Out Siegfried Tieber’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Siegfried Tieber.

Hi Siegfried, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I got interested in magic relatively late in life, at nineteen — while still living in Ecuador, where I was born. Someone lent me a book, I started learning sleight-of-hand, one thing led to another.

A few years later (after some successes and many embarrassing failures), I moved to Los Angeles to pursue magic full-time. I’ve been on TV multiple times, performed magic on the radio that one time, and my work has been featured in prominent media outlets — like this one right here. These days, I travel the world performing sleight-of-hand and mentalism for audiences large and small. And I enjoy every second of it.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Oh no. Not a smooth road. Nope. Not even a little bit. Like any road worth taking, this one’s been full of potholes, wrong turns, and the occasional flat tire.

You get onstage and pour your heart out for the whole world to see. Live performance — especially as a magician, when it’s usually just you up there — is a very vulnerable place to be. I’ve failed, picked up the pieces of my ego off the stage, and tried again. Over and over. It’s been hard, but immensely rewarding.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I’m a sleight-of-hand magician and mentalist. My main focus is live performance — connecting with the audience and sharing something that lingers long after the show is over.

I’m known for blending sleight-of-hand with psychology, humor, and a bit of storytelling. I like to call myself a fake mind-reader who creates the illusion of impossible things.

I’m proud of many of the places I’ve perform in: from the Magic Castle in Los Angeles to the Magic Circle in London — not to mention Penn & Teller’s theater in Las Vegas. These are some of the most prestigious stages a magician can step on, and I’m both humbled and overjoyed.

What sets me apart, I like to think, is the connection I create with the audience. For me, magic isn’t about “fooling” people (what an ugly word that is) but about co-creating an experience we can all share and celebrate together. Magicians deceive the mind in order to reach the emotions. As Paul Harris, a respected philosopher of the art of magic, said long ago: tricks are tools, astonishment is real.

Is there something surprising that you feel even people who know you might not know about?
I’m a mechanical engineer by trade — diploma and all. For my thesis I built a GPS-guided robot (an actual robot!), spent five years at university, and loved every second of it. Then I decided magic was more appealing. So it goes.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.siegfriedtieber.com/early-access
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siegfriedtieber
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SiegfriedTieberMagic
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiegfriedTieber