Charles Wadsworth

Charles Wadsworth (May 21, 1929 – May 29, 2025) was an American classical pianist and musical promoter from Newnan, Georgia. He established series of chamber music concerts, first at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in 1969 for the new Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City, and in 1977 at the Spoleto Festival USA, directing it until 2009. For both the Spoleto series, he kept program and performers a secret until personally announcing them at the beginning of each concert.

Life and career Wadsworth was born in Barnesville, Georgia, on May 21, 1929,

The University of West Georgia created the Charles Wadsworth Music Scholarship in his honor. It was first established in 1990 by a citizens' group from Newnan, Georgia. He received the Order of the Palmetto and the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts in South Carolina. He was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2012.