André Watts on working with Leonard Bernstein

Excerpt of Interview with André Watts. November 11, 2017.
André Watts recalls what he learned from working with Leonard Bernstein as a teenager.
Conducted by Arlesia Grace McGowan, Marcelo Hanta-Davis, and Professor Carol Oja, as part of a course at Harvard University in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic Archives.
The interviewers were in the Rose Building of Lincoln Center, and André Watts was at the Jacob School of Music at Indiana University. The interview took place via video conferencing.
Courtesy of the New York Philharmonic Archives.

[@4thlord51]

Rip Andre

[@Twentythousandlps]

Bernstein engaged Watts for a Young Peoples' Concert and was so impressed he had him substitute for Gould right after.

[@thomasnie8151]

I miss Lenny so much!

[@roncaruso931]

This man was Americas greatest classical pianist of the 20th century. It is dusgraceful that there were no mention of his death on TV or in the papers. He was a big part of PBS telecasts. You would think PBS would do a special about Andre Watts.

[@StephaniePatterson-jb5it]

Well, I'm from Philadelphia so his death was a big deal here. I saw him in concert once. He was so charismatic. The coverage here was mostly on our classical music station.

[@aloziecnwachukwu1515]

Unfortunately classical music is not valued enough in America to broadcast his death. VERY SAD!

[@culturehorse]

IS THERE A LINK TO THE FULL INTERVIEW PLEASE THANKS.