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Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
Also known as: Eisteddfod Ryngwladol Llangollen
The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is a music festival which takes place every year during the second week of July in Llangollen, North Wales. It is one of several large annual Eisteddfod
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is a music festival which takes place every year during the second week of July in Llangollen, North Wales. It is one of several large annual Eisteddfodau in Wales. Singers and dancers from around the world are invited to take part in over 20 competitions followed each evening by concerts on the main stage. Over five thousand singers, dancers and instrumentalists from around 50 countries perform to audiences of more than 50,000 over the 6 days of the event. Famous performers at Llangollen have included Luciano Pavarotti (who first competed in Llangollen in 1955 with his father and a choir from their home town Modena, and for whom the Eisteddfod's principal trophy – the Choir of the World Pavarotti Trophy – is named), Red Army Ensemble, Julian Lloyd Webber and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The final Sunday Evening Gala Concert has featured Katherine Jenkins, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa, James Galway and Montserrat Caballe.
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The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is a music festival which takes place every year during the second week of July in Llangollen, North Wales. It is one of several large annual Eisteddfodau in Wales. Singers and dancers from around the world are invited to take part in over 20 competitions followed each evening by concerts on the main stage. Over five thousand singers, dancers and instrumentalists from around 50 countries perform to audiences of more than 50,000 over the 6 days of the event. Famous performers at Llangollen have included Luciano Pavarotti (who first competed in Llangollen in 1955 with his father and a choir from their home town Modena, and for whom the Eisteddfod's principal trophy – the Choir of the World Pavarotti Trophy – is named), Red Army Ensemble, Julian Lloyd Webber and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The final Sunday Evening Gala Concert has featured Katherine Jenkins, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa, James Galway and Montserrat Caballe.
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Background
History
The origins of the International Eisteddfod go back to 1943, when Harold Tudor, an officer of the British Council, arranged a visit for members of governments-in-exile to the Welsh National Eisteddfod in Bangor. The excursion was well received, especially by the noted writer and poet Juraj Slavik, the Minister for the Interior in the Czechoslovakia government-in-exile. Following the visit he wrote to Tudor praising the value of music as a way of healing the effects of war. The following year an international concert was held as part of the Llandybie National Eisteddfod. Towards the end of 1945 Tudor proposed that an international choral festival be added to the 1947 Welsh National…
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- Coordinates
- 52.9735, -3.1754
- Address
- Llangollen
- Established
- 1947
- Official site
- international-eisteddfod.co.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod?
- Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is in North Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.9735°, -3.1754°.
- When was Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod built?
- Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod dates to 1947.