A MEMORIAL concert to celebrate the life of a renowned pianist from Ramsbottom will take place at Blackburn Cathedral tonight.
Peter Fielding, of Chiltern Close, died aged 83 recently, after a short illness, leaving his wife Andrea, children Robert, Hilary, Mark, Beck, John and Sarah, brothers Gordon and Paul, and more than a dozen grandchildren.
Mr Fielding, who took up the piano aged seven, helped to set up the Ramsbottom Music Festival in 1993.
A keen Blackburn Rovers supporter, he worked for many years as a biomedical scientist at Queens Park Hospital in Blackburn.
The memorial concert at the cathedral will take place from 7.30pm to 9pm.
His children Mark and Hilary will play piano and cello with tenor Adrian Blakely, soprano Soraya Masi and Bury Choral Society also making contributions.
Admission to the event will be free but donations in aid of Bury Hospice are being invited in memory of Peter.
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