Gregynog Young Musician - Cerddor Ifanc Gregynog

Cerddor Ifanc GREGYNOG
Young Musician

 
Patron: Professor Ieuan Jones FRCM
President: Lord Davies of Llandinam

The Competition

Saturday November 16th 2024
Music Room Gregynog Hall
Application deadline:
Sunday, October 20th, 2004
Entry is now open

 

Gregynog Young Musician Competition

Gregynog Hall

The Gregynog Young Musician Competition was founded in 2005 and has become a prestigious annual event.

Entrants must be aged 18 or under and have reached Grade 8 or equivalent on any orchestral, brass band or percussion instrument.

Up to 18 contestants are selected to perform in the semi-finals in front of a panel of specialist adjudicators. This takes place for a full day in November, in the music room at Gregynog.

One winner from each category is chosen to perform in the finalists’ competition. The winners compete that evening for the title of Gregynog Young Musician of the Year.

Candidates will be required to submit their initial entry form and recording by 20th October 2024.

 

Entry Form

Enter the Competition

 

Ben Goldscheider "I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed the competition and must say that the atmosphere, location and feedback were among the best I have ever experienced."
 
Ben Goldscheider
(Winner of the brass section 2015)


The Competition

Next competition date:
Saturday November 16th 2024

The competition is divided in to 5 separate categories as follows:


'Gregynog Young String Player of the Year'


'Gregynog Young Pianist of the Year'


'Gregynog Young Woodwind Player of the Year'


'Gregynog Young Brass Player of the Year'


'Gregynog Young Harpist / Guitarist / Percussionist of the Year'


Prize money

For the overall winner awarded the title 'Young Musician of the Year'
£3,000.00

Category Winners will receive
£500.00

Young Accompanist winner will receive The Chairman's Trophy
and £200.00


 

Previous Winners Include

2005 - Cai Isfryn (trumpet)
2012 - Tom Blomfield (oboe)
2013 - Charlie Lovell Jones (violin)
2015 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (‘cello)
2019 - Ellis Thomas (piano)
2021 - Oliver Simpson (‘cello)
2022 - Firoze Madon (piano)
2023 - Ivan Cherednichenko ('cello)

The 2023 Finalists

'Gregynog Young Musician of the Year 2023'
Ivan Cherednichenko

Gregynog Young Musician - Cerddor Ifanc Gregynog 2023 Finalists

2023 Finalists [left-right]
Charlotte Kwok, Thea Ormrod, Yuet Kan, Ivan Cherednichenko. Erika Khederian

Gregynog Young Musician - Cerddor Ifanc Gregynog 2023 Finalists

Gregynog

Gregynog Hall

Gregynog is a large country mansion 4 miles (6.4kms) north-west of Newtown. It sits in 750 acres of farms, woodlands and formal gardens. Gregynog was bought by Margaret and her elder sister Gwendoline Davies in 1920, with the intention of establishing a centre of excellence for the arts, crafts and music in the aftermath of World War One.

Gregynog became famous for music, fine printing and for the Davies sisters’ art collections. Theirs was one of the most important British collections of French Impressionist paintings.

 

In 1933, the Davies sisters established the Gregynog Festival and many famous names were included; Holst, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Sir Adrian Boult and more recently Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and Anthony Rolfe Johnson.

 

It is wonderful that Gregynog is also home to the Annual Young Musician Competition, which attracts participants from all over the UK and beyond.

 

Accommodation and a café are available for those wishing to stay for the competition.

Support us

Friends of the Competition

The Friends were formed in 2005 and is a registered charity, which exists to organise and support the competition.

We provide some financial support but most of all we are proud to be a part of something that encourages talented young musicians and helps them in pursuance of training and excellence.

Benefits of becoming a Friend

Supporting a very worthwhile event giving young musicians the opportunity to compete at an extremely high level.

Free entry for ONE ADULT to the daytime semi-finals on Competition Day. Receive regular updates of events and progress.

Friends Subscriptions

Annual Subscription

£20.00
(couple or single)

 

Contact Us

Competition Secretary

Mrs Margaret Andrews

 

Competitors' Secretary

Dr Gareth Jenkins

 

Friends' Subscription Secretary

Kate Rayner

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