Aung San Suu Kyi becomes Honorary Ambassador for The Leeds International Piano Competition
Prime Minister says Competition's tribute is a fitting way to end her historic visit to Britain. External site: [The Leeds International Piano Competition](http://www.leedspiano.com/)
Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed his delight that Aung San Suu Kyi has become the Honorary Ambassador for the Leeds International Piano Competition. He said:
The Leeds International Piano Competition is one of the great classical music competitions in the world. It’s a tremendous advert for Leeds and for Britain as a whole. Aung San Suu Kyi’s appreciation of piano playing is well known. So it is fantastic that the competition has made this tribute to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. And it is a fitting way to end her brilliant and historic visit to Britain.
The competition’s Chairman and Artistic Director Dame Fanny Waterman said that the top prize will be named the Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Gold Medal in recognition of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s inspiration, courage and hope for humanity and her appreciation of piano playing, saying that “in this special Golden Anniversary Year this is the greatest honour our piano competition has ever received.”