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Rhondda Cynon Tâf
3-10 August 2024

We will be at the Eisteddfod in Pontypridd all week, sharing stand 804/805 with colleagues from Anthem, BBC NOW, Ivors Academy, Music Theatre Wales, RWCMD and WNO. 

Call round for a chat, browse our stock of sheet music and CDs or join us at one of our live events on the Encore or Pavilion stages:

Wednesday 7 August, 12pm (Encore)

Discover Welsh Music

Lleucu Parri (flute) and Zoë Smith (piano) perform works by Grace Williams, Mervyn Butch and William Mathias.

Presented by Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and Tŷ Cerdd.

Thursday 8 August, 12pm (Encore)

Affricerdd

Brand new Welsh-language songs written and performed by black artists – with Asha Jane and Frances Bolley and their mentor Eädyth.

Presented in association with Eisteddfod Genedlaethol.

Friday 9 August, 12pm (Encore)

Discover Welsh Music

A celebration of Welsh song with Clara Greening (soprano) and Rhys Archer (tenor) with Zoë Smith (piano).

Presented by Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and  Tŷ Cerdd.

Friday 9 August, 3.30pm (Encore)

Bwthyn Sonig

Original live music by learning-disabled music-creators.

Presented in association with Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias and Ffrindiau Gigiau Cymru.

Saturday 10 August, 6.30pm (Pavilion)

Tlws y Cyfansoddwr

Award presentation to the winner of Tlws y Cyfansoddwr (Composer's Trophy), alongside premieres of the three final pieces from the scheme run by Tŷ Cerdd in association with Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Sinfonia Cymru and the Welsh Music Guild.

Composer of the Month
Sir Karl Jenkins

In the month that his music receives its long awaited BBC Proms debut, we focus on the life and work of Wales's most successful composer, Sir Karl Jenkins. 

Read our biography and special feature on Stravaganza, his saxophone concerto which will be performed at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 August.