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15 September 2024
Will a Brit ever win this piano
competition again?
The Leeds International Piano Competition is creating classical stars, but the
last time a homegrown pianist won was 1981
Jessica Duchen
Sunday September 15 2024, 12.01am, The Sunday Times
Callum McLachlan is hoping to make it to the final
This month the finest young pianists will gather in Bradford for the Leeds International
Piano Competition, which happens every three years. The contest, founded in 1961 by
the indomitable Yorkshire piano teacher Fanny Waterman, can make a career and has
helped to launch piano-playing legends, including Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu.
Alim Beisembayev remembers the night he won in 2021 for playing
Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. “They announced the prizes in
