The Pendine Young Musician of Wales competition is being launched at the North Wales International Music Festival that’s being held at St Asaph Cathedral between September 12 to 21. It’s being funded by the festival’s headline sponsors, the Pendine Park care organisation via the Pendine Arts and Community Trust which supports community and arts activities. The performances during the final will be broadcast on BBC Radio Cymru and the winner will receive a cash prize of £2,000 and the Pendine Trophy, as well as being invited back to perform at next year’s festival.
The contest is being masterminded by the event’s new Artistic Director, royal composer Paul Mealor, who is following in the footsteps of his mentor and fellow royal composer, William Mathias, who founded the festival. Entries are being accepted via the festival’s website, nwimf.com and the deadline has been extended until 5pm on Friday, September 6.
The Grand Final will be at St Asaph Cathedral on Wednesday, September 18, at 7pm. Professor Mealor said: “I am very excited about my first festival. I grew up here in St Asaph and I sang in the cathedral choir and my first experience of high quality classical music was here at the festival.
“I can remember turning pages for William Mathias when he was playing here back in the 1980s so it’s lovely to come back for this exciting new chapter and from September 12 to 21 St Asaph is once again going to be the cultural capital of Wales. “The idea of the fe.