Ron Chaplin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hey, Don.  Forgive me for not remembering, but did you include Andre Watts
>on your list? If not, why not? BTW, whatever DID happen to him? I remember
>seeing him several times on Great Performances on public television, but
>not in recent years.  Wasn't he considered a Liszt specialist?

Although he did not seem to have recorded anything lately, he still plays
with many orchestras throughout the U.S.  In a few recent years, I heard
him playing Saint-Saens piano concerto No.2 with the Saint Paul Chamber
Orchestra, Mozart piano concerto "Jeunhomme" and Rachmaninoff piano
concerto No.2 with the Minnesota Orchestra in Twin Cities, Minnesota.
He seems to continue to appear in Japan, also.

He still maintains good technique (especially, very flexible wrists) and
seems to have a certain popularity among the U.S.  audiences maybe due to
his versatility, but personally I feel he does not make progress in terms
of music making...I am sorry if my personal feeling bothers you.

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