Llangollen Eisteddfod receives peace award from Rotary International
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod has been honoured for its contribution to world peace. The iconic festival was presented with a Rotary International Peace Award by the organisation’s 1180 District during a special ceremony on the pavilion stage. And the...
Californian gold rush as choir wins world crown
A choir from California struck gold at a major international music festival. The Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir clinched the prestigious Pavarotti Trophy in the Choir of the World competition at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. Among those they pipped...
Llangollen is an iconic cultural event which deserves support says Minister
The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is a vital cultural event in Wales which deserves Government and private sector support, according to a veteran politician and Welsh Office Minister. Lord Bourne, formerly Nick Bourne, the Conservative Leader in the...
Voice of the Future in safe keeping as France carry off the title
The International Voice of the Future belongs to France. For the first time since the competition began at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod the international medal has left Welsh soil after mezzo soprano Elsa Roux Chamoux wowed the adjudicators with her...
Veteran war reporter says festival is beacon of hope in a dark world
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod shines like a “beacon of hope” against the darkness of present times. That was the key message from veteran war correspondent and former politician Martin Bell OBE in his speech from the main stage as one of the festival’s...
Indonesians win children’s choral title
The Indonesian flag was flying high over Llangollen after the Pangudi Luhur Youth Choir were crowned Children’s Choir of the World at the International Eisteddfod. The Eisteddfod’s president, Terry Waite CBE, was on hand to present the international trophy to the...
Operatic shootout is a lot of fun
Two of opera’s biggest guns staged a hugely entertaining shoot-out at Llangollen’s Royal International Pavilion and a near full house loved every minute of it. Wales’s very own singing superstar, Bryn Terfel, was paired with Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja and the...
Talented pupils sculpt piece of living history
ARTISTIC youngsters at a Denbighshire school have been helping to create a piece of living history which celebrates two of North Wales’s iconic cottage industries. Thirty-six children aged between seven and 11 from Ysgol Pant Pastynog, Prion, along with their...
West End girl Kerry brings magic of musical theatre to Llangollen
The audience at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod were taken on a magical tour of the West End and Broadway at the festival’s glittering Wednesday evening concert. Musical theatre star Kerry Ellis teamed up with classy boy band Collabro to present some of...
Former Snowflake revisits the scene of her 1947 triumph
A member of a Cardiff children’s choir that won at the first ever Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod has been an enthusiastic visitor to the 70th festival. Grandmother Janette Snaith now lives in Colchester with her husband, Bryan, a retired clergyman, but...
