
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Kirsty Young's castaway is Dame Fanny Waterman.
It was during a sleepless night, more than forty years ago, that she came up with the idea of launching a piano competition in Leeds. Since then it's become a world renowned event and been a springboard for many of our most celebrated pianists including Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia.
Although she is now 90 years old, she still teaches masterclasses and continues to be involved with every detail of the competition. "They call me Field Marshal Fanny" she says, "I am a busy breeches."
Record: Radu Lupu- Piano Concerto No.3
4.6
14181,418 ratings
Kirsty Young's castaway is Dame Fanny Waterman.
It was during a sleepless night, more than forty years ago, that she came up with the idea of launching a piano competition in Leeds. Since then it's become a world renowned event and been a springboard for many of our most celebrated pianists including Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia.
Although she is now 90 years old, she still teaches masterclasses and continues to be involved with every detail of the competition. "They call me Field Marshal Fanny" she says, "I am a busy breeches."
Record: Radu Lupu- Piano Concerto No.3
5,403 Listeners
1,832 Listeners
402 Listeners
7,700 Listeners
1,790 Listeners
1,080 Listeners
1,948 Listeners
1,040 Listeners
50 Listeners
66 Listeners
151 Listeners
80 Listeners
811 Listeners
52 Listeners
1,315 Listeners
747 Listeners
2,982 Listeners
3,158 Listeners
612 Listeners
26 Listeners
89 Listeners
307 Listeners
53 Listeners
811 Listeners
507 Listeners