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　　范妮-沃特曼

　　出生于利兹的范妮-沃特曼在世界钢琴教育界享有盛望。青年时代一度从事演奏生涯之后，她意识到还是从事钢琴教学是她真正的兴趣所在。1959年，英国时报称她为“神奇般的范妮-沃特曼”。她的学生中和她所指导过的钢琴家中有许多人在各种国际比赛中获奖，其中有利兹比赛，鲁宾斯坦比赛，柴可夫斯基比赛，布左尼比赛及纽约的梅西安比赛和青年演

奏家比赛。

　　多年来，她在五大洲都进行过大师班课并常出现在广播电台和电视台，她还与海尔吾德共同编辑出版了31本钢琴教材。

　　1963年，她与海尔吾德共同创办了利兹国际钢琴比赛，该比赛现已列为世界上最重要的比赛之一。

　　担任世界各国的国际比赛评委工作占据她大量时间。1992年，她被选为国际音乐比赛联合会副主席，1993年和1997年又两次连任。

　　利兹大学和约克大学授予她荣誉博士称号，伦敦皇家音乐学院和利兹音乐学院特聘她为特别研究员，1971年她被授予英国女王的勋章。

　　Fanny Waterman

　　Fanny Waterman, born in Leeds, occupies a pre-eminent position in the piano teaching world. After a notable performing career, she felt teaching was her real vocation. By 1959, The Times could refer to her as “the now legendary Fanny Waterman”. Her pupils and students with whom she has worked have been top prizewinners in many international piano competitions including the Leeds, Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, Busoni, the Concours Messian and the Young Concert Artists in New York.

　　Over the years, she has given master classes on all five continents and appeared on television and radio. With Marion Harewood she has compiled a series of publications, which consist of 31 volumes.

　　In 1963, she founded, jointly with Marion Harewood, the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, which is now known as, certainly, one of the major piano competitions in the world.

　　For many years she has been in great demand to serve on the juries of piano competitions in all five continents. In 1992, she was elected Vice-president of the World Federation of International Music Competitions, and was re-elected for further years in 1993 and 1997.

　　Among honours, which she has received, are Officer of thesgroupsof the British Empire from HM the Queen in 1971 and Honorary Doctorates at the University of Leeds and York as well as Fellowship of the Royal College of Music, London and the Leeds College of Music.