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Gwenan is one of Welsh music’s most exciting new talents. Hailing from the Llyn peninsula in north-west Wales, she was brought up in a Welsh speaking family in which singing and Welsh culture in general played an integral part. She has won many harp and singing competitions at The National Eisteddfod of Wales, The Cerdd Dant Festival and The Pan Celtic Festival, and has performed at several festivals, including The Lorient Interceltic Festival, The World Harp Congress, Dublin, and, most recently, Celtic Connections, Glasgow and The North American Festival of Wales, Cinncinati. Gwenan's debut album was recently released, and features her own arrangements of Welsh traditional folk songs and Welsh traditional music played on the small Celtic harp. "Her playing brought down the house as she both played the harp and sang in a bell-tone clear voice...Gwenan is one of the up and coming younger musicians in Wales. Her consummate skill in playing a wide range of music was appreciated by all." Ninnau, Nov 06 (Live review of concerts held at The North American Festival of Wales, August 2006) "An intriguing range of material…melodic intricacy and rhythmic drive with an emotional depth unusual in dance music." Songlines "While many of the dance tunes will be familiar, Gwenan has come up with some excellent new arrangements with subtle and interesting variations...Her voice is as musical as her harp and there’s plenty here to satisfy the hardened folk enthusiast but still remain very open and accessible to the average Joe. A cut above the rest.” Rees Wesson, Shreds and Patches, May 2006
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Yn delynores a chantores draddodiadol, mae Gwenan yn un o artistiaid gwerin amlycaf Cymru. Wedi graddio mewn cerddoriaeth ym Mhrifysgol Cymru Bangor a chwblhau gradd feistr yno mewn perfformio ac ymchwil ym maes cerddoriaeth Cymru, aeth ymlaen i astudio’r delyn yn yr Academi Gerdd Frenhinol yn Llundain, ac yna dychwelodd i’w hardal enedigol ym Mhwllheli. Bu’n enillydd ym mhrif gystadlaethau telyn a chanu’r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Yr Wyl Gerdd Dant a’r Wyl Ban Geltaidd yn Iwerddon, a bu’n cynrychioli Cymru mewn gwyliau megis Gwyl Ryng-Geltaidd Lorient (Llydaw), Cyngres Delynau’r Byd (Dulyn), Gwyl Gymreig Gogledd America, Celtic Colours (Nova Scotia, Canada), Gwyl Delynau Rhyngwladol Caeredin a Celtic Connections (Glasgow). Mae wedi rhyddhau tri albwm, Y Gwenith Gwynnaf, Sidan Glas, ac, yn fwyaf diweddar ‘Cerdd Dannau’, tri casgliad gyda’r chwarae a’r canu wedi ei wreiddio’n ddwfn yng nghalon y traddodiad ac eto’n ffres a chyfoes. Mae Gwenan hefyd yn arbenigo yn y grefft o ganu Cerdd Dant hunan-gyfeiliant. Yn ddiweddar, ffurfiodd ddeuawd newydd gyda’r gantores Meinir Gwilym, gan gyfuno eu lleisiau a’u hofferynnau i greu sain ffres a chyffrous. Bu Gwenan yn brysur yn perfformio’n unigol hefyd gan ymddangos yng nghyngerdd agoriadol Gwyl Womex yng Nghaerdydd, dan gyfarwyddyd artistig Cerys Matthews.
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