Dame Fanny Waterman: My Life in Music

In this anniversary year, Faber Music is celebrating Dame Fanny Waterman’s fundamental and vast contribution to music education with the release of her autobiography, Dame Fanny Waterman: My Life in Music. Due out later in the year, it tells theextraordinary story of one of the twentieth century’s most inspirational British women. Born into an artistic family in impoverished circumstances, her prodigious musical talent and sheer determination was her passport out of hardship, leading torecognition as one of the most talented young pianists of her generation. Her emergence as a visionary teacher leads to the founding of the Leeds International Piano Competition andrelationships with many internationally renowned pianists whose livesshe has touched through her work. Interwoven throughout the story, Dame Fanny shares her inspirational philosophies on life, learning and music, and her compelling and utter passion for the piano.