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The 2022 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod programme comprises:
International Llangollen Eisteddfod brings the world to North Wales This summer (7th – 10th July 2022), the world-renowned Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod returns after a two year hiatus with two of the classical world’s vocal powerhouses, Aled Jones and Russell Watson performing together at the festival for the first time to open the 2022 programme.
Russell Watson (© Simon Fowler)
In a line-up that celebrates the best traditional and
Peace message
contemporary music from around the world, 2022
In recognition of the festival’s founding principle
highlights include Grammy Award winner Anoushka to spread peace, visitors will be invited to write a Shankar with Manu Delago and the Britten Sinfonia
message of peace on a luggage label and attach
while on Sunday 10th, the ever popular Llanfest will
it to trees around the site to create a forest of
feature British indie three-piece, Amber Run and
peace. On Thursday 7th July, children’s day, the
Welsh/Bajan singer Kizzy Crawford.
festival is teaming up with The Welsh Centre for International Affairs, Size of Wales and Council
Celebrating its 75th anniversary, the festival
for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services for the
returns this year with a broad cultural programme
Young Peacemakers’ Awards – celebrating young
that spreads the message of peace and friendship
people who have contributed to peace and global
on which it was founded in 1947 after the Second
citizenship at home and overseas. Details of how
World War. Each year around 4,000 performers
to enter can be found here: www.international-
from around the world and as many as 35,000
eisteddfod.co.uk/get-involved/
visitors converge on this beautiful small Welsh
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town to sing and dance in a unique combination of competition, performance and community
Llanfest
spirit. The festival’s ability to spot future talent is
This July, Llangollen International Musical
renowned and it’s credited with helping to launch
Eisteddfod and Llangollen Fringe Festival join
the career of Luciano Pavarotti among others.
forces to celebrate two significant cultural milestones for the town; the Eisteddfod’s 75th
New in 2022
anniversary, and the Fringe’s 25th which
After an online event last year, organisers are
combine to make an amazing 100 years of
thrilled to welcome back visitors to Llangollen with
summer festivals in Llangollen. To mark these
a line-up which celebrates the broadest possible
two anniversaries, the Eisteddfod and Fringe
range of genres from classical, choral, folk, dance
are collaborating for the first time to produce
and world music. This year’s festival has been
Llanfest 2022, which will see a co-curation of
redesigned with a more compact site revolving
the programme on Sunday 10th July, with an
around a single music stage and a new in-the-
emphasis on home-grown talent incorporating
round stage developed for spoken word events
eclectic music, theatre and comedy. n
offering a thought-provoking series of talks. As well as live music and talks there will be food stalls, bars For more information and to buy tickets please visit and free community events around the site.
www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk/whats-on
Thursday 07 July | 7.30pm Back In Harmony: Russell Watson and Aled Jones Following their 2019 sellout In Harmony tour, two of the world’s most loved classical voices launch the Llangollen 2022 concert programme performing songs from their album, Back In Harmony. Limited tickets available. Friday 08 July| 8pm Anoushka Shankar & Manu Delago In Concert In this captivating concert highlights from Anoushka Shankar’s catalogue are presented in new arrangements by Jules Buckley, featuring several co-written with her friend and collaborator Manu Delago. Saturday 09 July | 7.30pm Choir of the World, Dance Champions & Voice of the Future 2022 Choral finalists compete for the coveted Choir of the World title and the Pavarotti Trophy. Alongside this we crown the 2022 Dance Champions with the Lucille Armstrong Trophy, and the International Voice of the Future. Sunday 10 July | from 11.30am Llanfest Llanfest has quickly become a firm favourite in the summer festival diary with outside stages featuring live music throughout the day and a chilled, family friendly, atmosphere in the spectacular setting of the Dee Valley.
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