Awadagin Pratt

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] A recital on March 3, 2020, drew praises for its "old-master richness.

"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".