Black Music: André Watts

André Watts, an American classical pianist.
Photo by: James Kriegsmann, New York CC BY-SA 4.0

André Watts (June 20, 1946 – July 12, 2023) was an American classical pianist. Over the six decades of his career, Watts performed as soloist with every major American orchestra and most of the world’s finest orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, and London Symphony Orchestra. Watts recorded a variety of repertoire, concentrating on Romantic era composers such as Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, but also including George Gershwin. In 2020, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. He won a Grammy Award for Best New Classical Artist in 1964. Watts was also on the faculty at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University.
Source: Wikipedia

ITEMS ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSIC LIBRARY:

Liszt’s greatest hits.
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.; Philadelphia Orchestra.; New York Philharmonic.; Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924.; Watts, Andre.; Davis, Ivan.; Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985.; Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.; Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
1971
LP 4928

Reflections from the keyboard : the world of the concert pianist
Dubal, David, author.
1984
ML 397. D82 1984

Great pianists speak for themselves
Mach, Elyse.; Solti, Georg, 1912-1997, writer of introduction.
©1980-©1988
ML 397 .M28 v.1

ADDITIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES:

NON-LIBRARY RESOURCES:

• CM Artists New York: André Watts
• NPR: Remembering André Watts, the American pianist who opened doors of possibility
• Indiana University mourns loss of distinguished professor of piano André Watts

Queens College Special Collections and Archives:

• André Watts Archival Materials