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In its present form, Gregynog Festival has been running annually since 1988 but it is a revival of festivals held at the same venue from 1933 to 1938 by
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from 1988 until his retirement in 2006 when Dr Rhian Davies, the music historian and broadcaster, succeeded as Artistic Director.
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and included programmes inspired by alchemy, synaesthesia and the Field of Cloth of Gold. Headline artists included
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Gregynog Festival has also hosted world premiere performances by composers including
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The Festival has hosted many major international performers including
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from 1956-61 and a one-off Festival took place in 1972 featuring
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Gregynog Music Festival
The Music Room, Gregynog
Welsh
Gregynog Hall
Tregynon
Newtown
Powys
Wales
Gwendoline
Margaret Davies
Walford Davies
Ian Parrott
Benjamin Britten
Peter Pears
Osian Ellis
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Jelly D'Aranyi
Evelyn Barbirolli
John Lill
John Mark Ainsley
Bryn Terfel
Alison Balsom
The Sixteen
The King's Singers
Gustav Holst
William Mathias
Hilary Tann
Huw Watkins
Eric Whitacre
Vauxhall

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