# Heather Slade-Lipkin

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**Heather Slade-Lipkin** (9 March 1947 – 16 October 2017) was an [English](/source/English_people) pianist, [harpsichordist](/source/Harpsichordist) and teacher.

## Biography

Slade-Lipkin was born into a musical family from [Hoylake](/source/Hoylake), [Wirral](/source/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wirral). She began formal piano lessons before the age of six and made her concerto debut at the age of twelve. She studied with [Gordon Green](/source/Gordon_Green_(pianist))[1] and Clifton Helliwell at the [Royal Northern College of Music](/source/Royal_Northern_College_of_Music), and later in Paris with [Kenneth Gilbert](/source/Kenneth_Gilbert) and [Huguette Dreyfus](/source/Huguette_Dreyfus).

Slade-Lipkin taught piano at the [Royal Northern College of Music](/source/RNCM) and the [Royal Conservatoire of Scotland](/source/Royal_Conservatoire_of_Scotland), and was a professor of piano at [Chetham's School of Music](/source/Chetham's_School_of_Music). She won first prizes at the National Piano Competition and the National Harpsichord Competition, and was a finalist in the Paris International Fortepiano Competition. She appeared as a soloist with the [City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra](/source/CBSO) and the [BBC Symphony Orchestra](/source/BBC_Symphony_Orchestra).[2]

Notable students include:

- [Stephen Hough](/source/Stephen_Hough)[3]

- [Stephen Coombs](/source/Stephen_Coombs)[4]

- [Leon McCawley](/source/Leon_McCawley)[5]

- Sophie Yates[6]

- Robert Markham[7]

- Stephen Gosling[8]

- Phillip Moore[9]

- [Roderick Chadwick](/source/Roderick_Chadwick)[10]

- Jason Ridgway[11]

- Jonathan Scott[12]

- James Willshire[13]

- Tim Horton[14]

- [Anna Markland](/source/Anna_Markland)[15]

- Sarah Nicolls[16]

- Joy-Helen Morin[17]

- Nellie Seng[18]

- Anna Michels[19]

- [Robert Emery](/source/Robert_Emery_(pianist))

- Miles Clery-Fox

- Jane Ford

- Eleanor Meynell

- [James May](/source/James_May)

Recordings by Heather Slade-Lipkin include *Jean-Philippe Rameau: The Second Book of Pièces de Clavecins*[20] and *Contrasts* with mezzo-soprano Marilena Zlatanou.[21]

Slade-Lipkin died on 16 October 2017,[2] aged 70, from metastatic pancreatic cancer. She is interred at the Manchester Southern Cemetery.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Benser, Caroline Cepin (2012). *At the piano : interviews with 21st-century pianists*. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-8173-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-8173-0). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [759606982](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/759606982).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CMD_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CMD_2-1) ["Death of an influential keyboard teacher"](https://slippedisc.com/2017/10/death-of-an-influential-keyboard-teacher/). *Slipped Disc*. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Stephen Hough biography"](http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/stephen_hough_9060/9060.htm). Naxos. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Stephen Coombs biography"](http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A254). Hyperion. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Leon McCawley"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120131144758/http://www.leonmccawley.com/main.asp). Leon McCawley. Archived from [the original](http://www.leonmccawley.com/main.asp) on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Sophie Yates"](http://www.sophieyates.co.uk/). Sophie Yates. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Birmingham Conservatoire: Robert Markham biography](https://www.bcu.ac.uk/pme/conservatoire/our-staff/robert-markham)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Stephen Gosling biography"](http://www.naxos.com/person/Stephen_Gosling/6757.htm). Naxos. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Phillip Moore"](http://www.philipmoorepianist.co.uk/). Philipmoorepianist.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Royal Academy of Music: Roderick Chadwick biography"](http://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/staff/roderick-chadwick). Ram.ac.uk. 20 July 1976. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Jason Ridgway biography"](http://www.garyparkes.com/jasonridgway.html). Gary Parkes Music. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Jonathan Scott"](http://www.jonathanscott.co.uk/). Jonathan Scott. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["James Willshire"](http://www.jameswillshire.com/). James Willshire. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Tim Horton biography"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120312093456/http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/artists/tim-horton). Kings Place. Archived from [the original](http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/artists/tim-horton) on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["BBC Young Musician: Anna Markland biography"](http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Crookes-Anna.htm). Bach Cantatas. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Sarah Nicolls biography"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150414050929/http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/sarah-nicolls). Brunel. 28 September 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/sarah-nicolls) on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Redon Conservatoire: Joy-Helen Morin"](https://lesmusicalesderedon.fr/artiste/joy-helen-morin/) (in French). Cc-pays-redon.fr. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** [CUNY Doctoral Piano Listing: Nellie Seng](http://www.alicehjones.com/calendar.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Anna Michels"](https://www.stmarysmusicschool.co.uk/faculty/keyboard/person/anna-michels). St Mary's Music School. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** Bruche Recordings: CBR102

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** *Contrast, antithesis*. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [31431622](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/31431622).

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