Glyndŵr Award

The Glyndŵr Award 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 Prince of Wales at Machynlleth.

The award consists of a large medal in silver, bearing a stylised design of Cardigan Bay and the Dyfi river, with the location of Machynlleth marked by an inlaid bead of pure unmixed 18ct Welsh gold from the Gwynfynydd gold mine, near Ganllwyd, Dolgellau. The bilingual Glyndŵr medal was designed in 1995 by local designer-jeweller Kelvin Jenkins, and has been hand-made by him for presentation to every winner since then.

Recipients

Music

• The composer Ian Parrott (1994)
• The composer Alun Hoddinott (1997)
• The harpist Robin Huw Bowen (2000)
• The harpist Elinor Bennett (2003)
• The composer Rhian Samuel (2006)
• The pianist Llŷr Williams (2009)

Art

• The painter Sir Kyffin Williams (1995)
• The painter Iwan Bala (1998)
• The sculptor John Meirion Morris (2001)
• The painter Peter Prendergast (2004)
• The painter Shani Rhys James (2007)
• The sculptor David Nash RA (2010)

Literature

• The writer Jan Morris (1996)
• The poet Gillian Clarke (1999)
• The poet Gerallt Lloyd Owen (2002)
• The historian Dr John Davies (2005)
• The poet bard Tudur Dylan Jones (2008)

External links

• The Machynlleth Festival