This year’s smash-hit Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is well on course to break even financially. Three near sell-out evening concerts sent ticket sales soaring significantly over last year and higher visitor attendances than in 2015 have added to the bright financial outlook.
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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 Park care organisation was hosting a morning of musical workshops as part of the festival’s Children’s… Read more »
Thousands turn out to cheer Eisteddfod’s biggest and best parade in years
THOUSANDS lined the sunny streets of the famous Denbighshire tourist town to cheer the biggest Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod parade in years. Being held for the first time on the Friday of the festival to give more competitors arriving from around the world the chance to join in, the colourful cavalcade saw contingents from across… Read more »
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 Music Festival the international medal has left Welsh soil after mezzo soprano Elsa Roux Chamoux wowed the adjudicators with her performance.
Llangollen is an iconic cultural event which deserves support says Minister
The Llangollen International 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 Welsh Assembly and currently a Junior Minister at the Welsh Office, said: “The Eisteddfod is vitally important for… Read more »
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 Musical Eisteddfod yesterday (Thursday).
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 choir’s leader, Sonia Nadya Simanjuntak, who was also crowned the most inspirational conductor in… Read more »
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 Day Presidents. Mr Bell, known as the Man in the White Suite… Read more »
Legendary peacemaker Terry Waite unveils plaque at site of first Llangollen Eisteddfod
On the first day of the historic 70th Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, its President, legendary peace campaigner Terry Waite, unveiled a plaque on the field where the first festival was held. Intended to help heal the scars of World War Two which had ended only two years earlier, that 1947 Eisteddfod was staged on what… Read more »
Saying it with flowers is deeply
IT started with just a few blooms in jam jars to hide the tent poles but over the past 70 years the tradition of beautifying Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod with flowers has become as well rooted as the iconic festival itself.
