C1. Traditional Folk Dance Group

1^st Loughgiel Folk Dancers

2^nd Kurdish Folk Dance Group

3^rd Punjabi Folk Dance Academy – Digital

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A 25-year-old Welsh baritone dubbed the new Bryn Terfel has been crowned as the best young singer in the world.

Emyr Lloyd Jones, 25, put in a stirring performance to take the title of the Pendine International Voice of the Future at the 75^th Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.

Following a thrilling sing-off, watched by his proud parents and loving fiancée, he was presented with the Pendine Trophy – a solid silver salver, and a £3,000 prize by Mario Kreft MBE, proprietor of the arts-loving care organisation, Pendine Park, who sponsor the competition. (more…)

Finalists for Choir of the World, Dance Champions and Pendine International Voice of the Future | Saturday 9^th July | 7:30pm

Choir of the World finalists

A2 Youth Choirs – Vocal Ensemble Caloroso, Belgium

A3 Female Choirs – Belcanto, England

A6 Show Choirs – Côr Glanaethwy, Cymru

A1 Mixed Choirs – Côr CF1, Cymru

A5 Open Choirs – New Dublin Voices, Republic of Ireland

Dance Champions finalists

Loughgiel Folk Dancers, Northern Ireland

Kurdish Folk Dance Group, Kurdistan

Pendine International Voice of the Future finalists

Oksana Lepska, Latvia

Emyr Jones, Cymru

D2. Junior Instrumentalist

1^st – Heledd Wynn Newton, Wales

2^nd – Haley Wong – England, Digital

A2. Youth Choirs

1^st – Vocaal Ensemble Caloroso, Belgium

2^nd – New Zealand Youth Choir, New Zealand – Digital

3^rd – Palmdale High School Choral Union, USA

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B2 Voice of Musical Theatre  – Prelim

Cassius Hackforth, Cymru 

John Ieuan Jones, Cymru 

Sadie-Beth Holder, England 

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