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Dame Fanny Waterman (1920-2020) - some recollections, with love and affection


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Dame Fanny Waterman (1920-2020) - some recollections, with love and affection
Dame Fanny Waterman (1920-2020) - some recollections, with love and affection
The Leeds International Piano Competition s Artstic Director remembers its founder
by Adam GatehouseTuesday, 22 December 2020
Dame Fanny Waterman (centre) with 2018 Leeds international Piano Competition Winner Eric Lu (left) and megastar pianist Lang Lang
Dame Fanny Waterman was a true force of nature, in the best sense of the word. Her diminutive height belied a giant intellectual force and a steely determination to achieve the seemingly unachievable through every means she could muster. ....

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Dame Fanny Waterman obituary


Dame Fanny Waterman obituary
Barry Millington
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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, t ....

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