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Fanny Waterman was born on 22 March, 1920 in Leeds, England, is an English musician (1920–2020). Discover Fanny Waterman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 100 years old?

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Occupation Pianist Academic teacher Music competition administrator
Age 100 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 22 March 1920
Birthday 22 March
Birthplace Leeds, England
Date of death 20 December, 2020
Died Place Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England
Nationality Leeds

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1920

Dame Fanny Waterman (22 March 192020 December 2020) was a British pianist and academic piano teacher, who is particularly known as the founder, chair and artistic director of the Leeds International Piano Competition.

She was also president of the Harrogate International Music Festival.

Waterman was born in Leeds to Mary (née Behrmann) and Myer Waterman (né Wasserman), a Russian Jew who had emigrated to England to work as a jeweller.

She attended Allerton High School and began to study with Tobias Matthay.

She won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music where she studied with Cyril Smith.

1941

She started giving public performances, and in 1941 opened the concert season in Leeds with the Leeds Symphony Society.

The following year, she appeared at The Proms as one of the soloists playing the Bach Concerto for three harpsichords in C major (BWV 1064), conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, but her concert career was disrupted by the Second World War.

She played duos with the violinist Erich Gruenberg.

1944

In 1944, she married Geoffrey de Keyser, a doctor, and in 1950, with the arrival of her first child, gave up her concert career and concentrated on teaching.

They had two sons; Paul De Keyser became a musician and music author.

1960

By the early 1960s, Waterman felt that young British pianists needed a goal to give them a competitive edge over overseas pianists.

1961

In 1961, jointly with her pianist friend Marion, Countess of Harewood (later Marion Thorpe), and Roslyn Lyons, she founded the Leeds International Piano Competition.

1971

Waterman was appointed OBE in 1971, CBE in 2001 and DBE in the 2005 New Year Honours.

1981

She was artistic director of the competition and, from 1981, chair of the competition jury, holding the posts until 2015.

Finalists of the competition who began an international career based on it include Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia, Sunwook Kim, Federico Colli, Eric Lu, András Schiff, Mitsuko Uchida, Lars Vogt and Denis Kozhukhin.

She was a jury member for other international piano competitions, including the Tchaikovsky, Chopin, the Horowitz and the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition.

Waterman's notable students include Paul Crossley, Jonathan Dunsby, Benjamin Frith, Michael Roll and Allan Schiller; Roll won the inaugural Leeds competition and her students were also successful in other international competitions.

She held strong views on piano pedagogy in the UK, blaming electronic keyboards, interruptive mobile phones and insufficient discipline for what she perceived as the country's weakness in generating top-class performers.

She published a number of piano instruction books.

This included the 30-volume Me and My Piano series, which was co-authored with Thorpe, and sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.

1990

She co-wrote Piano Competition: The Story of the Leeds with Wendy Thompson (1990).

1992

She was also awarded the degree of Doctor of Music (DMus) honoris causa by the University of Leeds in 1992, and also received honorary degrees from Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of York.

2001

Geoffrey de Keyser died in 2001.

2006

She was Director of the Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Piano Performance at Leeds College of Music until 2006, and a patron of The Purcell School for Young Musicians.

Her contribution to the city of Leeds was further recognised in April 2006, when she was given the Freedom of the City.

2009

She served as honorary vice-president of the British Society of Women Musicians and honorary president of the Harrogate International Festivals from 2009.

2010

She was a guest for BBC Radio Four's Desert Island Discs in July 2010.

Although then aged 90, she was still teaching masterclasses and continued to be involved with every detail of the Leeds competition.

"They call me Field Marshal Fanny" she said, "I am a busy breeches."

2015

Her autobiography, My Life in Music, was published in 2015.

2017

She donated her papers and memorabilia to the library of the University of Leeds in November 2017.

2020

Waterman turned 100 on 22 March 2020.

She died at a care home in Ilkley on 20 December 2020.