Source: Getty – Evening Standard \/ Intermittent<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nAndr\u00e9 Watts attributed much of his success to the significant influence of his mother, who worked as a receptionist at an art gallery to support his piano lessons and instilled a disciplined practice routine. In 1964, following his debut with Bernstein, Watts achieved further recognition by winning a Grammy Award for most promising new classical recording artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is survived by his loving wife, Joan Brand Watts, stepson William Dalton, stepdaughter Amanda Rees, and seven step-grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Renowned classical pianist Andr\u00e9 Watts, known as one of the first Black superstars in the world of classical music, has passed away at the age of 77. His exceptional career and accomplishments have made an enduring impact on the music industry. Watts, hailed for his extraordinary talent and captivating performances, succumbed to prostate cancer at […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":18100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[946,13,11],"tags":[3568,3565,796,774,3569,328,1294,1607,1444,1519,2841,1202,3566,3567,1608],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18375,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17983\/revisions\/18375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}