of several performances. He has reworked the Ravel Concerto for Left Hand to perform with his right hand and will be performing the work with the Detroit and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras. Recording artist Watts has recorded for several music labels. He signed a long-term exclusive contract with Columbia Masterworks Records on his 21st birthday. In 1977, he revealed that his contract had been terminated. In 1985, he signed a recording contract with EMI, with whom he recorded until the early 1990s. He has also recorded for Telarc. Watts has recorded a variety of repertoire, concentrating on Romantic era composers such as Chopin and Liszt, but also including Gershwin. Awards and recognitions 1964 Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist 1973 Honorary Doctorate, Yale University 1975 Honorary Doctorate, Albright College 1984 Distinguished Alumni Award, Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University 1988 Avery Fisher Prize 1988 University Of The Arts Medal, Philadelphia 2011 National Medal of Arts 2013 American Classical Music Hall of Fame 2014 Cincinnati MacDowell Society's MacDowell Medal 2020 Elected to the American Philosophical Society 2021 Honorary Doctorate, Boston Conservatory at Berklee References External links , WNCN-FM, October 14, 1983 1946 births 20th-century African-American musicians 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century American pianists 20th-century classical pianists 21st-century African-American musicians 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American pianists 21st-century classical pianists African-American classical pianists American classical pianists American expatriates in Germany American male classical pianists American people of Hungarian descent Columbia Records artists EMI Records artists Grammy Award winners Jacobs School of Music faculty Living people Members of the American Philosophical Society Musicians from New York City Musicians from Nuremberg Musicians from Philadelphia Peabody Institute alumni Piano pedagogues United States National Medal of Arts recipients University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni