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Lapwood aged 11
OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY MUSIC SERVICE
Lapwood turned on its head the casual misogyny of an adjudicator in a competition
she entered as a teenager. “They said my playing was very poised and accurate,”
she has said, drily, “but also, ‘We just thought it needed to be played more, more,
well . . . more like a man!’” Ever since her signature hashtag has been
#playlikeagirl.
Then there’s her much-remarked-on youth and stature (she is a slight 5ft 3in, or, as
she puts it, #short) compared with the organ’s massive bulk (the instrument at the
