What is the 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, who convened a parliament at Machynlleth in 1404.

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 designer and goldsmith Kelvin Jenkins, whose studio is now in Borth, Ceredigion, and has been handmade by him for presentation to every winner since then.

2026 Glyndŵr Award Ceremony

Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel is this years recipient of the Glyndŵr Award for his outstanding contribution to music, in an extraordinary international career performing regularly on the world’s most prestigious stages and opera houses spanning over 40 years.

The ceremony will take place at 1pm on Friday 28 August.

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Who has won the Glyndŵr Award?

1994 – Ian Parrott
1995 – Sir Kyffin Williams
1996 – Jan Morris
1997 – Alun Hoddinott
1998 – Iwan Bala
1999 – Gillian Clarke
2000 – Robin Huw Bowen
2001 – John Meirion Morris
2002 – Gerallt Lloyd Owen
2003 – Elinor Bennett
2004 – Peter Prendergast
2005 – John Davies
2006 – Rhian Samuel
2007 – Shani Rhys James
2008 – Tudur Dylan Jones
2009 – Llŷr Williams
2010 – David Nash
2011 – Mererid Hopwood
2012 – David Russell Hulme
2013 – David Tress
2014 – Angharad Price
2015 – Eirian Owen
2016 – Mary Lloyd Jones
2017 – Dylan Iorwerth
2018 – Sir Karl Jenkins
2019 – Clive Hicks-Jenkins
2021 – Mike Parker
2022 – Robat Arwyn
2023 – Eleri Mills
2024 – Peter Lord