| 词条 | Awadagin Pratt |
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| Names = Awadagin Pratt | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_name = Awadagin Pratt | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|6}} | origin = Normal, Illinois, U.S. | occupation = pianist | years_active = 1998–present }} Awadagin Pratt ({{IPAc-en|ɑː|w|ɑː|ˈ|d|ɑː|dʒ|ɪ|n}}; born March 6, 1966) is a concert pianist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. LifeAwadagin Pratt began piano lessons at six with Leslie Sompong and violin lessons at age nine. With a violin scholarship he enrolled in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; he transferred to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore as a pianist and as a violinist.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} In 1992 Pratt became the first African-American pianist to win the Naumburg International Piano Competition {{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} since then, "he has performed with nearly every major orchestra in this country [the United States], at the Clinton White House, and on Sesame Street" (Cruice 2000). Winning the Naumburg prize launched Pratt into a strenuous performance schedule, with 40 to 50 concerts that year and 70 the following year, when he signed with the New York City artist management firm IMG Artists.[1] In 1994 Pratt made his debut at Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic (Shepard 1998). In fall 2004 Pratt accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Piano and Artist in Residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His recital debut there came on December 1, 2005 (Gelfand 2005). Pratt continues to give up to 30 performances a year throughout the United States and abroad, and he hopes to add performances on the violin, both solo and in chamber music, to his recital calendar.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} In private life, Pratt resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. He continues to play tennis, and also pursues interests in chess and fine wines.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} Performance preferences{{listen|filename=20091104 Awadagin Pratt - Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582.theora.ogv |title=Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 |description=Pratt performs Johann Sebastian Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 on a piano at the White House Evening of Classical Music on November 4, 2009. In addition from 11:22 to 11:27, he salutes United States President Barack Obama with a few bars of "Hail to the Chief". |filetype=Ogv |filename2=20091104 Awadagin Pratt - Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582.ogg |title2=Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 |description2=Audio only |filename3=20091104 Joshua Bell, Awadagin Pratt, and Alisa Weilerstein - Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 - 4. Finale, Allegro assai appassionato.theora.ogv |title3=Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 – 4. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato |description3=Joshua Bell, Pratt, and Alisa Weilerstein perform Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 – 4. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato, at the White House Evening of Classical Music on November 4, 2009. |filetype3=Ogv |filename4=20091104 Joshua Bell, Awadagin Pratt, and Alisa Weilerstein - Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 - 4. Finale, Allegro assai appassionato edit1.ogg |title4=Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 – 4. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato |description4=Audio only version |filename5=20091104 Awadagin Pratt and young accompanist - Franz Schubert Fantasia in F minor, 1st and 4th movements.ogg |title5="Fantasia in F minor", 1st and 4th movements |description5=Pratt and student pianist Lucy Hattemer perform Franz Schubert's piano four-hands Fantasia in F minor, 1st and 4th movements at the White House Classical Music Student Workshop Concert. (2009-11-04) |filetype5=Ogg |filename6=20091104 Awadagin Pratt - Scriabin, Étude Op. 8 No. 12 edit1.ogg |title6=Scriabin: "Étude Op. 8 No. 12" |description6=Pratt performs Alexander Scriabin's Étude Op. 8 No. 12 at the White House Classical Music Student Workshop Concert. (2009-11-04) |filetype6=Ogg }} Writers often note Pratt's appearance. “Pratt takes the stage at Boston's Jordan Hall in a subtle but colorful green-and-lavender striped and checked shirt. His black pants reveal a dash of whimsicality below the cuffs: socks adorned with a portrait of Van Gogh” (Shepard 1998). Among other composers whose works he has espoused are Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, César Franck, Edvard Grieg, Modest Mussorgsky, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. RecordingsPratt has released several recordings on compact disc:
References{{more footnotes|date=September 2013}}1. ^Awadagin Pratt Home Page.
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