André Watts

André Watts 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.

20 June 1946

Born on the same birth date (20 June 1946): Bob Vila • David Kazhdan • Xanana Gusmão

Born on the same birth day (20 June): Anthony Buckeridge • Billy Werber • Bob Vila • Carsten Ball • Ilan Ramon • Jacques Offenbach • Jan-Paul Saeijs • John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford • Samuel Rabin (artist)

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