Professor
André Watts
(
–
)
1946
2023
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
;
Bloomington, IN
Musician (pianist); Educator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Performing Arts
Elected
2017
Grammy-Award winner and National Medal of Arts recipient, André Watts was widely recognized as one of the greatest American classical pianists. His 55-year career of recitals, broadcasts, and recordings shared his interpretations of an extensive repertory from Mozart through Rachmaninoff. At age 26 Mr. Watts was the youngest person ever to receive an Honorary Doctorate from Yale University and went on to receive numerous honors from highly respected institutions including the University of Pennsylvania, Brandeis University, The Juilliard School of Music and his Alma Mater, the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University.
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