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Dame Fanny Waterman obituary Barry Millington © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Simon Wilkinson/Rex/Shutterstock Virtually synonymous with the Leeds International Piano Competition, which she co-founded in 1961, Dame Fanny Waterman, who has died aged 100, was a music teacher who became one of the most prominent personalities in the musical world. “I dreamed it up one night,” she said of “the Leeds”, as it became known universally, “and I was so excited that I woke up my husband.” Unlike Waterman, who was born in Leeds, her husband, Geoffrey de Keyser, a doctor, was a Londoner and his reaction was: “It won’t work in Leeds, it has to be in a capital city.” She stuck to her guns, however, and launched the triennial competition in her own city, raising funds from individuals, banks, local businesses and the Leeds Corporation. Her husband provided support, both moral and practical, as did her friend and fellow co-founder, the pianist Marion

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