THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

Machynlleth Music is delighted to welcome Mared Emyr Pugh – Evans, harpist to His Majesty the King, to Y Tabernacl, MOMA Machynlleth for a lunchtime recital on Saturday 22 February at 12.00pm.

Mared Emyr Pugh-Evans is an international prize-winning harpist from Borth, in mid-west Wales. She gained her MA (Performance) degree from the Royal Academy of Music in 2022, where she studied under Karen Vaughan. She also achieved her LRAM whilst studying for her final year and received a DipRAM certificate for her Final Performance. She graduated from RWCMD, Cardiff in 2020 with a First-Class (Honours) Bachelor of Music degree and also achieved her DipABRSM (Instrumental Teaching) certificate and was awarded the 2020 RWCMD Royal Welch Fusiliers Award and the Florence Mary Proctor Scholarship. Mared is honoured to have been appointed Harpist to His Majesty The King in the Summer of 2024, with her first official engagement happening a few weeks later celebrating 25 years of Y Senedd in Cardiff.

A regular and sought after recitalist on both the national and international stage, Mared has won numerous awards including 2022 – Winner National Eisteddfod of Wales Instrumental Blue Riband winner 19 years and over and the Skanga Kaila Harp Prize .(RAM)

Her programme will include: Williams – Hiraeth, Damase – Sicilienne Variée, Glyn – Erddigan and Liszt – Un Sospiri and Grandjany – Rhapsodie.