Presenting Series
Since winning the Naumburg International Piano Competition in 1992 and receiving a 1994 Avery Fisher Career Grant, internationally renowned pianist, conductor, and educator Awadagin Pratt comes to DPAC. Known for delivering "forceful, imaginative, and precisely tinted" performances (The Washington Post), he is "one of the great and distinctive American pianists and conductors of our time" (WGBH).
Pratt has appeared at addresses as familiar as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (at the invitation of the Clinton and Obama administrations) and Sesame Street (at the invitation of Big Bird): He has performed with the Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, the New York Philharmonic, and many others; in solo recitals at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center; and in chamber music collaborations with cellist Zuill Bailey, pianist Simone Dinnerstein, and the Harlem and St. Lawrence String Quartets. Pratt's 2023 recording, Stillpoint, explores the truth and beauty in T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets through new works by Tyshawn Sorey, Paola Prestini, Peteris Vasks, Jessie Montgomery, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Alvin Singleton, and Judd Greenstein.
Praised as one of this country's most interesting and profound pianists, Pratt is truly a distinctive artist in American classical music today.
Recommended for ages five and up.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Music.
Event Dates
Sunday, February 21, 2027 - 4:00 PM
