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In partnership with Kew Gardens, emptied-out shells of old pianos have
also been turned into piano planters which have been filled with plants by

local communities. “They’re absolutely wonderful, beautiful things which

are across the city, you can’t miss them,” the former conductor of Ballet
Rambert and the Dutch National Ballet says.

As in 2021, the Competition’s first round was staged internationally – this
time with a larger field – at six venues in Paris, Berlin, Vienna, New York,

Beijing and Seoul. The second round and semi-finals took place last week in

the Great Hall at the University of Leeds, while for only the second time in
the Competition’s history, organisers have had to find a new venue for the

concerto finals with the Liverpool Philharmonic as Leeds Town Hall is
undergoing major renovation. They will instead be hosted by St George’s

Hall in Bradford on September 20 and 21.

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That they will be broadcast not only by BBC radio and television but also

streamed globally by medici.tv is all part of the “strongly” held vision that

Gatehouse had for the Competition when he and Paul Lewis took over the
reins from its founder Dame Fanny Waterman in 2015.