Due to the strike on Northern rail train services I only managed to arrive for the final concerto of the evening. BUT, that was a performance by the overall winner of the competition, AND I got to sit in my favourite seat just below the organ. Oran music opened the awards ceremony and I was very nearly blasted off my seat. AND I didn’t expect to see Lang Lang there presenting the prizes, so overall it turned into a rather enjoyable evening.
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I’m sitting just beneath the floodlit organ pipe on the right
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Organ music opened the awards ceremony. It nearly blasted me off my seat!
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View of the organ pipes from my favourite seat in Leeds Town Hall
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Lang Lang was awarded an honorary doctorate from Leeds University and he presented the prizes. Last time I’d seen him was in San Francisco – small world!
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Dame Fanny Waterman, the founder of the competition in 1961, comes to the stage
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Applause for Eric Lu, the 20 year old American pianist who won the overall competition. I was fortunate to see his performance of the Beethoven 4th piano concert with the Halle orchestra under the baton of the charismatic Edward Gardner
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