André Watts United States

Biography

André Watts (born June 20, 1946) is a classical pianist and Professor at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University. Born in Nürnberg, Germany, Watts is the son of a Hungarian mother, Maria Alexandra Gusmits, who played the piano, and African-American father, Herman Watts, a U.S. Army non-commissioned officer. After studying music in Philadelphia and appearing with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age nine, he received a wider audience when he

Popular Songs

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  Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124 (LW H4): 2. Quasi adagio - Allegretto vivace

  Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 96: André Watts
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  Paganini Etudes (6), for piano (Grandes Études de Paganini), S. 141 (LW A173): no. 3, La campanella

  Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 96: André Watts
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  Hungarian Rhapsody no. 13

  Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 96: André Watts

  76 BPM
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  Totentanz, for piano & orchestra, S. 126 (LW H8)

  Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 96: André Watts
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  Fantasia for piano in C major (“Wanderer”), D. 760 (Op. 15)

  Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 96: André Watts

Discography

Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 96: André Watts

1999