Laureate
Eugene Watanabe
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Eugene Watanabe was the first artist to graduate from the Curtis Institute of Music with degrees in two instruments, piano and violin. He has displayed his prowess on both instruments by playing concerto performances with each at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and performing two Bach violin concerti and a keyboard concerto in a single concert with the Utah Symphony. Watanabe is passionate about future generations of musicians and is Director of the Gifted Music School in Salt Lake City, an academy he founded in 2008.