Gwenan
is one of Welsh music’s most exciting new talents. Hailing
from the Llyn peninsula in north-west Wales, she was brought
up in a Welsh speaking family in which singing and Welsh culture
in general played an integral part.
Having
graduated in music from the University of Wales Bangor, and
gaining a masters degree in performance and research in the
field of Welsh music, she went on to further her studies at
the Royal Academy of Music, London.
She
has won many harp and singing competitions at The National
Eisteddfod of Wales, The Cerdd Dant Festival and The Pan Celtic
Festival, and has performed at several festivals, including
The Lorient Interceltic Festival, The World Harp Congress,
Dublin, and, most recently, Celtic Connections, Glasgow and
The North American Festival of Wales, Cinncinati.
Gwenan's
debut album was recently released, and features her own arrangements
of Welsh traditional folk songs and Welsh traditional music
played on the small Celtic harp.
|
|
 |