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...
Wales still has international outlook despite Brexit says Economy Secretary at Eisteddfod
DESPITE Britain’s exit from Europe, Wales is a still a welcoming and internationalist country. That was the message from the Welsh Government’s new Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, Ken Skates AM, when he visited the 70th Llangollen International...
Opera star Bryn Terfel joins the kids in Eisteddfod music workshop
Opera superstar Bryn Terfel harmonised with youngsters having fun with music at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. Taking a break from rehearsals for the 70th Gala Classical Concert, Bryn paid a whistle-stop visit to the tent where the award-winning Pendine...
Wrexham a “great place to do business” boss of growing company will tell area’s prime movers
THE boss of a booming financial services company, which has more than doubled its workforce over the past two years, is urging others to set up shop in Wrexham. Paul Barlow, Site Lead at DTCC Wrexham, based on Wrexham Industrial Estate, says the town is a “great place...
