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Image: Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021 The First Rounds of Competition performances for the The Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021 begin with the Junior section released April 26-27 and the Senior section released April 28-29. Each pre-recorded entry will be shared at 10 am EDT the day of release. Founded by Yehudi Menuhin in 1983 the Menuhin Competition is the worlds leading international competition for young violinists. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s competition, hosted in Ric...

Shares Dame Fanny Waterman, founder and President Emeritus of The Leeds International Piano Competition, died peacefully yesterday at her residential care home in Ilkley, Yorkshire at the age of 100. Born in Leeds (22 March, 1920), Dame Fanny Waterman founded the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1961 with her late husband Dr Geoffrey de Keyser and Marion Thorpe CBE, then the Countess of Harewood. The first event followed in 1963 and she remained its Chairman & Artistic Director until he...