Awadagin pratt biography of williams
Awadagin pratt biography of williams
Awadagin pratt biography of williams county!
Awadagin Pratt
American pianist (born 1966)
Awadagin Pratt | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Awadagin Pratt |
| Born | (1966-03-06) March 6, 1966 (age 58) |
| Origin | Normal, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Musical artist
Awadagin Pratt (; born March 6, 1966) is an American concert pianist born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]
Life
Awadagin Pratt began piano lessons at six with Leslie Sompong and after moving to Normal, Illinois, violin lessons at age nine.
With a violin scholarship he enrolled in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the age of 16, then transferred to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore where he was the school's first student to receive diplomas in three different performance areas: piano, violin, and conducting.[2]
In 1992 Pratt became the first African-American pianist to win the Naumburg International Piano Competition.[citation needed][3] Since then, "he has p