Gareth
Glyn
(b.
1951)
Gareth Glyn was
born in Machynlleth, mid-Wales, in 1951; he is a music graduate
of Merton College Oxford and a Composer Licentiate of the Royal
Academy of Music.
His
output over 30 years is enormous, and encompasses all kinds
of music, from a huge Symphony to simple songs for children,
from classical to pop, from the concert hall to the television
screen.
Among
the numerous celebrities who have premièred his works are
the world-renowned baritone Bryn Terfel, the international superstar
Charlotte Church, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra,
the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the organist Jane Watts and
many others - including Jonathan Pryce, the villain in the James
Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, who performed a work for narrator
and orchestra before a live audience of thousands and a worldwide
television viewership. Even Rhys Ifans, now a Hollywood icon, starred
in the premières of two Gareth Glyn musicals!
In the
world of television, Gareth Glyn was chosen to compose the music
for the flagship BBC news programme Wales Today, which was played
by a full symphony orchestra conducted by Tadaaki Otaaka, and a
great deal of his work for film and television productions has
been recorded at the prestigious Abbey Road studios in London with
world-class performers.
Much
of Gareth Glyn’s recent work for the media has been performed,
recorded and produced by the composer himself in his own studio;
recent technological advances have meant that the sound of the
orchestra - indeed of any combination of instruments - can be vividly
recreated.
Gareth
Glyn lives in Bodffordd, Anglesey, with his wife Eleri Cwyfan and
his two sons Peredur and Seiriol.
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