Jean Anderson

Margaret Jean Anderson (born 1923) is a New Zealand pianist and professor of music. Education Anderson attended the Royal Academy of Music. In 1947, she was awarded the Prize for Pianoforte Accompaniment by Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. In 1948, she was awarded the Elsie Horne Gift and Albanesi Prize. In 1949, she was awarded the Chappell Pianoforte Prize and Rae Leeming Memorial Prize. Career Anderson was, for a long time, professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music. She adjudicated the Louise Band Prizes in 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1985, the Albanesi Prize in 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1986, and the Eric Brough Prize in 1982, 1983, and 1986. In 1985 and 1987, she adjudicated the Claude Beddington Prize, the Vivian Langrish Prize, the Frederick Westlake Prize, and the Cuthbert Whitemore Prize. She adjudicated the Leslie England Prize and Lloyd Hartey Prize in 1984, the Edna Bralesford Prizes in 1986, and the Evelyn German Prize in 1987. Anderson was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2017 New Year Honours for "services to music".