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Baltimore Sun
Pianist Andre Watts joins Baltimore Symphony for Rachmaninoff concerto
Washington Post
But pianist Andre Watts's uncommonly expansive and ruminative reading of the concerto with the Baltimore Symphony, under Marin Alsop's baton at Strathmore Hall on Saturday, made it seem a much subtler and less barnstorming work than usual.
Baltimore Symphony performs romantic gems by Rachmaninoff, ElgarBaltimore Sun (blog)

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Jay Harvey: Watts brings assertive style to ISO performance
Indianapolis Star
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra can count on a commanding spirit at center stage whenever it engages Andre Watts. Friday night came the first full-length concert of the pianist's current visit to the Hilbert Circle Theatre. It's become something of ...


 
WREG
André Watts
WREG
President Barack Obama presented world-renowned pianist André Watts with the medal last year, for his five-decades of Excellence in the Arts. André is in Memphis for the Iris Orchestra's Season Finale, he joins us with the Conductor of the Iris ...


 
Concert Review: IRIS winds up season with class
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The guest performer was pianist Andre Watts, who has been a highly regarded artist in the 45 years since he burst on the scene as a 16-year-old prodigy, impressing the likes of Leonard Bernstein and wowing orchestras around the world with his ...

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Links: WNO's “Werther,” the Philadelphia Orchestra, and other highlights.
Washington Post (blog)
(Scott Suchman - Scott Suchman) Other views: Charles T. Downey on Ionarts.com on the Philadelphia Orchestra; Tim Smith in the Baltimore Sun on Andre Watts and the BSO. Tom Huizenga heard an uneven but risk-embracing concert by the Great Noise Ensemble ...

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At the top of the world, but climbing higher
Chicago Sun-Times
... to Chicago for his first performance in three years this weekend, he decided to skip his usual haunts, Symphony Center and Ravinia, where he had his breakout performance at 17, filling in for an ill Andre Watts at its 1999 Gala of the Century.

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Oregon Symphony Association plans five classical concerts in Salem
Statesman Journal
11: Andre Watts plays Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto; Christoph Konig conducts March 22: Kirill Gerstein performs Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1; Jun Markl conducts May 17, 2013: Jennifer Koh plays Bartok's Violin Concerto No.