The Glyndŵr Award ( Welsh: Gwobr Glyndŵr) is made for an outstanding contribution to the arts in Wales. It is given by the Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust to pre-eminent figures in music, art and literature in rotation. The award takes its name after Owain Glyndŵr, crowned

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at Machynlleth in 1404. The award consists of a large medal in silver, bearing a stylised design of

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and the Dyfi river, with the location of Machynlleth marked by an inlaid bead of pure unmixed 18 ct

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from the

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gold mine, near Ganllwyd, Dolgellau. The bilingual Glyndŵr medal was designed in 1995 by designer and goldsmith Kelvin Jenkins, whose studio is now in Borth,

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, and has been handmade by him for presentation to every winner since then.

Recipients

* The composer Ian Parrott (1994) * The painter Sir Kyffin Williams (1995) * The writer Jan Morris (1996) * The composer Alun Hoddinott (1997) * The painter Iwan Bala (1998) * The poet Gillian Clarke (1999) * The

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ist Robin Huw Bowen (2000) * The sculptor John Meirion Morris (2001) * The poet Gerallt Lloyd Owen (2002) * The harpist Elinor Bennett (2003) * The painter Peter Prendergast (2004) * The historian Dr John Davies (2005) * The composer Rhian Samuel (2006) * The painter Shani Rhys James (2007) * The poet bard Tudur Dylan Jones (2008) * The pianist Llŷr Williams (2009) * The sculptor David Nash RA (2010) * The writer Mererid Hopwood (2011) * The conductor and musicologist David Russell Hulme (2012) * The painter David Tress (2013) * The writer Angharad Price (2014) * The conductor and pianist Eirian Owen (2015) * The writer Dylan Iorwerth (2017) * The composer Sir Karl Jenkins (2018)

References

External links

The Machynlleth Festival

Kelvin Jenkins Jewellery Glyndŵr Award

Connaught Brown; Rhys James biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glyndwr Award Welsh music awards Arts awards in the United Kingdom Welsh literary awards Awards established in 1994 1994 establishments in Wales Cultural depictions of Owain Glyndŵr

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