Awadagin pratt biography of williams

Born in Pittsburgh, Pratt spent most of his childhood in Normal, Illinois, where both his parents held teaching positions at Illinois State.

Williams used GI Bill money to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and he started composing.

Born in Pittsburgh, Awadagin Pratt began studying piano at the age of six.

The pianist, conductor, violinist and music education advocate gave his first professional recital at Interlochen.

Awadagin Pratt is a professor of piano at the University of Cincinnati and the recipient of multiple prestigious awards.

Born in Pittsburgh, Awadagin Pratt began studying piano at the age of six.!

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