Dame Fanny Waterman: Leeds International Piano Competition founder dies at 100
BBC News Published image captionDame Fanny's exacting teaching style saw her dubbed Field Marshal Fanny Dame Fanny Waterman, the legendary piano teacher who founded the world-renowned Leeds International Piano Competition, has died aged 100. It was announced on Sunday that she had died peacefully in her residential care home in Ilkley, Yorkshire. Dame Fanny was a gifted pianist herself before turning to teaching and setting up the competition she ran for 54 years before stepping down in 2015. Its current artistic director said she was "a force of nature [and] one-off". Adam Gatehouse went on ...
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