(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 6 April 2020)
Stelios Ceṛsīdis sz hiz lêtist wrc z ‘fr ppl hu sufr n îṣlet bcz v Covid-19’
Heḷna Smiʈ in Aʈnz, Munde, 6 Epril 2020
Muv ovr Motsart, hir cmz Stelios Ceṛsīdis. A sevn-yir-old Grīc proḍji hz pnd an “îṣleśnwōlts” inspîrd bî ɖ pandemic.
Ɖ hipnotic, fyglîc meḷdi hz pict p mor ɖn 43,000 hits on YTyb sins its lōnć last wīc.
“Hai gaiz! I’m Stelios. Let’s b jst a tīni bit mor peśnt n w wl sn b ǎt swimñ in ɖ sì,” h bīmz, prćt on hiz pianostūl, fīt bérli tućñ ɖ flor. “I’m dedcetñ t y a pìs v mî ǒn.”
Ɖ wrc, hiz ʈrd compziśn, wz ritn ispeṣ́li “fr ppl hu sufr n ɖoz hu îṣlet bcz v Covid-19,” h adz.
Stelios Ceṛsīdis’z Îṣleśnwōlts
Born in Aʈnz in 2012 t Fotis n Aġʈa Ceṛsīdis, bʈ pianists hu nǎ tīć him, Stelios frst pformd in public at ɖ ej v ʈri.
In 2018 h pleid Śopã’z Wōlts in A Mînr at Ny Yorc’s Carnegi Hōl, n last yir h apird at Lundn’z Royl Alḅt Hōl pformñ on Eltn Jon’s feṃs red piano.Stelios sz hiz feṿrit piynist z ɖ lêt Cnedịn Glen Gūld, bst noun fr hiz tecnicli dmandñ rendiśnz v Bah verieśnz.
Ɖ Grīc hz śoun a fler fr cmpozñ. Hiz tū rlịr wrcs wr ritn fr hiz sistrz, Vronica n Aṇsteźa, n lîc Îṣleśnwōlts wr met wɖ criticl aclem.
Grīs hz bn undr locdǎn fr longr ɖn most uɖr Yṛpiyn neśnz, ɖ guvnmnt hvñ clozd scūlz olmst a munʈ ago. Last wīc ɖ guvnmnt anǎnst ɖt swimñ wz olso fbidn az ɖ meźrz wr ramt p.
Ɖ pricōśnri steps apir t b wrcñ: Grīs hz rportd 79 deʈs n fywr ɖn 1,800 cnfrmd c’roṇvîṛs cesz, far fywr ɖn sm uɖr cuntriz.
Stelios, hu z lîcli t b hombaund fr sm tîm yt, hz nt hintd ẃɖr h hz anɖr compziśn p hiz slīv.
