PEMBROKE, N.C., Oct. 13 -- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke issued the following news release:
Internationally acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt will perform a free piano recital
at UNC Pembroke
on Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Moore Hall Auditorium.
The performance is open to UNCP students, faculty, staff and the public.
Pratt has established an extraordinary career as a pianist, conductor and educator.
He enrolled at
the Peabody Institute in Baltimore at age 16. He became the first student in the school's
history to receive diplomas in three different performance areas: piano, violin and
conducting.
While at Peabody, Pratt won the Naumburg International Piano Competition, launching
an
international performing career that has incl...