(SOUNDBITE OF NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC PERFORMANCE OF BRAHMS' "PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 (Haydn)" with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
Here he is performing Brahms' "Concerto No. Watts rose to international fame after that performance, recording extensively with orchestras in the United States and Europe. He became famous at 16 after performing for composer Leonard Bernstein at the New York Philharmonic on a nationally televised program called "The Young People's Concert." Bernstein would later call on Watts to perform a concert in place of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, who had fallen ill. Watts is known as one of the first Black superstars in classical music. Classical pianist Andre Watts died last week at the age of 77.
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