Fanny Waterman ( Waterman , born Fanny Waterman ; born March 22, 1920 , Leeds ) is a British pianist and music teacher. The daughter of a Russian emigrant of Jewish origin. Lady Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( 2005 ).
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| Date of Birth | March 22, 1920 (99 years old) | |||
| Place of Birth | Leeds | |||
| A country |  Great Britain | |||
| Professions | pianist , music teacher | |||
| Instruments | the piano | |||
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Biography
From the age of 17 she studied under the supervision of Tobias Mattei , then studied at the Royal College of Music with . In 1941 , she opened with her performance the concert season in Leeds. During the Second World War she gave concerts with Henry Wood at Albert Hall [1] .
In 1950 , with the birth of a child, she gave up concert activity and completely focused on teaching. Until 2006 , she worked at Leeds College of Music; among her students, in particular, Benjamin Frith . He continues to give master classes in Washington , Seoul , Beijing , Hanover , Leipzig [2] .
Together with , Countess Harwood, she wrote a number of popular study guides, including the book Me and My Piano ( 1989 ), which has been published in many editions, and founded the Leeds International Piano Competition ( 1961) ), which is headed to this day. She was a member of the jury of many international competitions, including the Tchaikovsky International Competition ( 1986 ), the A. Rubinshtein International Piano Competition , and the I Chinese International Piano Competition [3] .
Vice President of the European Association of Piano Teachers (since 1975), World Federation of International Music Competitions (1992-2000); Vice President (1999-2009) [3] , President (since 2009) of the Harrogate International Festival [2] ( North Yorkshire ).
Family
Husband (since 1944) - Jeffrey de Kaiser ( born Geoffrey de Keyser ; d. 2001), a doctor; compiled the rules of the Leeds Piano Competition, which are a model for music competitions [2] ;
- two sons [2] .
Awards and recognition
- Honorary Vice President, Royal College of Music [4]
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1971) [5]
- Honorary Doctor of the University of York (1995) [3]
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1999) [5]
- “Outstanding Musician” Award of the United Society of Musicians (2000) [3]
- Prize of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (2002) [3]
- Yorkshire Society Award (2003) [3]
- Lady Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2005) [5]
- honorary title “Free Citizen of Leeds” (2005) [6] [7]
- Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society [2]
- F. Waterman named the new community center in West Yorkshire [8] .
Notes
- ↑ Dame Fanny Waterman: A liftime in music . BBC (October 26, 2012). Date of treatment March 31, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Elgot J. Interview: Dame Fanny Waterman . Jewish Cronicle online (July 8, 2010). Date of treatment March 31, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fanny Waterman Debrett's. Date of treatment March 31, 2014.
- ↑ Royal College of Music . AIM25. Date of treatment March 31, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Fanny Waterman Oxforg Index. Date of treatment March 31, 2014.
- ↑ Dr Fanny Waterman CBE made Freeman of the city of Leeds Archived September 28, 2007 on Wayback Machine // Faber Music.
- ↑ By tradition, the title gives the right to freely lead their sheep across the city bridge.
- ↑ Dame Fanny Waterman lends her name to community center . BBC (September 22, 2012). Date of treatment March 31, 2014.
Links
- Fanny Waterman ( inaccessible link) . Dublin International Piano Competition. Date of treatment March 31, 2014. Archived September 16, 2012.
- Dame Fanny Waterman DBE Leeds Music People . Leeds City Council (2003). Date of treatment March 31, 2014.
- Mullen P. The concert grande dame (English) // The Telegraph. - 1996, Aug 31.