by Richard Ashby | Jul 11, 2018 | EVENTS, NEWS
From staging a huge range of public concerts and events to creating the World’s Smallest Concert Hall, ‘The Leeds’ opens its arms to everyone and celebrates the piano like never before 17 August – 15 September 2018 The Leeds International Piano Competition has...
by Richard Ashby | Jun 15, 2018 | NEWS
Warner Classics and the Leeds International Piano Competition today announce a major new partnership to bring the best of the outstanding pianistic talent of ‘The Leeds’ to audiences around the world. Warner Classics, one of the world’s leading global classical music...
by Richard Ashby | Jun 13, 2018 | NEWS
We at the Leeds International Piano Competition congratulate Gillian Moore, Director of Music at London’s South Bank Centre, on her appointment to Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2018. Gillian is a been a driving force in...
by Richard Ashby | May 25, 2018 | NEWS
After two weeks crammed full of recitals, masterclasses, education and outreach events, the Leeds Piano Festival has come to a close. 3000 people joined us in our celebrations over the last two weeks and made this inaugural Festival a resounding success! One of the...
by Richard Ashby | May 8, 2018 | EVENTS, NEWS
In partnership with our Global Ambassador Lang Lang, we are excited to have three Lang Lang International Music Foundation Young Scholars join us for the Leeds Piano Festival. These three extremely talented individuals are Eden Chen, Chelsea Guo, and Amir Siraj, who...
by Richard Ashby | May 2, 2018 | NEWS
The Leeds International Piano Competition announces the 24 pianists selected to go through to the Second Round in Leeds 6-15 September 2018 The Leeds International Piano Competition today [1 May 2018] announces details of the 24 pianists who have been selected to go...
by Richard Ashby | Apr 24, 2018 | EVENTS, NEWS
After a week of whirlwind travel to witness 68 of the best young pianists in the world, the First Round has officially come to an end. With heats in Berlin, Singapore, and New York, the Leeds International Piano Competition took the First Round to the competitors and...
by Richard Ashby | Apr 13, 2018 | EVENTS
ENVISION THE FUTURE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC… The world-famous Leeds International Piano Competition was started in 1963 by Leeds local, Dame Fanny Waterman and over the last 55 years ‘The Leeds’ has discovered much of the planet’s greatest pianistic talent....
by Richard Ashby | Mar 23, 2018 | EVENTS
On Saturday 17 March, the Leeds International Piano Competition team participated in the University of Leeds ‘Be Curious event’. This annual celebration is held for families to come in and learn more about the work and research being done at the University...
by Richard Ashby | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Inaugural event takes place across 14 – 23 May 2018 in Leeds and London Top-level recitals from distinguished past winners and alumni – Alessio Bax, Sunwook Kim and Lars Vogt – and Young Scholars of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation Additional events...
