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Charles Wadsworth

p, hps, *1929 US
Musician of Classical

Charles Wadsworth is a classical pianist and musical promoter from Newnan, Georgia. Recognized for his abilities at a young age, at age 12 he started taking piano lessons from Hugh Hodgson, namesake of the University of Georgia's music school. Wadsworth gained international renown in 1960 by originating the Midday Concerts at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. He also started the chamber music concert series at the Spoleto Festival USA, which he directs, performed at and hosted thru 2009.He has a wife and one son.

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Harpsichord
Genres
  • Classical
  • Jazz
  • Blues
Plays With
Bobby Routch
Popular Tracks   
Winter Pages: II. The sun that brief December day on Ned Rorem: Winter Pages/Bright Music by Ned Rorem & Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Players
Endimione e Cintia: Se geloso e il mio core on The Gerard Schwarz Collection by Gerard Schwarz, Gunther Schuller & Jason K. Fettig
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D.965 on Beverly Sills and Friends by Beverly Sills
Lo! hear the gentle lark on Beverly Sills and Friends by Beverly Sills
Winter Pages: V. Dorchester Avenue on Ned Rorem: Winter Pages/Bright Music by Ned Rorem & Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Players
Le Toréador - Opéra bouffon in 2 Acts / Act 1: Ah! vous dirai-je, maman on Beverly Sills and Friends by Beverly Sills
Artaxerxes - original version / Act 3: The soldier tir'd of war's alarms on Beverly Sills and Friends by Beverly Sills
Winter Pages: I. A Mirror on Ned Rorem: Winter Pages/Bright Music by Ned Rorem & Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Players
Meine Seele hört im Sehen on Beverly Sills and Friends by Beverly Sills
Winter Pages: VI. Hesitations on Ned Rorem: Winter Pages/Bright Music by Ned Rorem & Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Players

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Spanische Liebeslider, Andante And Variations, Piano QuartetRobert Schumann, Kathleen Battle, John Aler, Charles Wadsworth, Richard Goode1988Album
Robert Schumann Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138 Andante and Variations for Two Pianos, Two Cellos and HornThe Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Charles Wadsworth1986Album
Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach, Charles Wadsworth1985Album
Complete Music For Wind Instruments And PianoFrancis Poulenc - The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Charles Wadsworth1985Album
Complete Music For Wind Instruments And PianoFrancis Poulenc - The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Charles Wadsworth1984Album
Musique De Chambre Pour Instruments À Vent / Chamber Music Works For Wind Instruments / Kammermusikwerk Für BlasinstrumenteFrancis Poulenc, Paula Robison, Leonard Arner, Gervase de Peyer, Peter Simenauer, Loren Glickman, Bobby Routch, Charles Wadsworth, The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center1984Album
Live In ConcertThe Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Charles Wadsworth1983Album
More Music By Schumann And SchubertRobert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Charles Wadsworth Artistic Director, The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center1982Album
Music By Schumann And SchubertRobert Schumann / Franz Schubert : The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Charles Wadsworth1981Album
Mozart Piano Quartet In E-flat Major, K. 493, Beethoven String Trio In G Major, Op. 9, No. 1The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Charles Wadsworth Presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven1980Album
The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln CenterThe Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Charles Wadsworth1975Compil.
Music For Flute, Strings And HarpsichordPinchas Zukerman, Eugenia Zukerman, Michael Tree, Charles Wadsworth - Ludwig van Beethoven / Georg Philipp Telemann / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach1972Album
The Philip M. Faucett String Prize of Young Concert Artists presents the recording debut of Ani Kavafian in works by Fritz KreislerAnnie Kavafian, Charles WadsworthAlbum
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