by MusicFest Administrator | Nov 7, 2019
After studying at the Juilliard School of Music, Donald Oehler began his professional career as principal clarinettist of the Ochestre Philharmonique de Tehran in Iran before moving to the Music Faculty at the University of North Carolina, where he is now a professor....
by Lorraine Pocklington | May 26, 2019
Born in Pembrokeshire, Claire began her musical education at the age of seven. After excelling at the violin, piano and harp, she graduated as a harpist from the Royal College of Music with First Class Honours in 2007 and in 2009 graduated as an M.A. scholar from the...
by Lorraine Pocklington | May 26, 2019
Joshua Ballance gained a double first in Music from King’s College Cambridge, where he won a number of awards and is now studying for a DPhil at Christ Church, Oxford, generously supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council. Alongside his academic studies...
by Lorraine Pocklington | May 26, 2019
“Just wonderful and so very uplifting. It calmed my busy day. A very special man who speaks with his hands!” (Sheila Harrod, Patron of the Old Town Festival) Pianist Paul Turner is a widely experienced soloist and chamber music player renowned for his sensitive...
by Lorraine Pocklington | May 26, 2019
As the first national youth orchestra in the world, the NYOW has 70 years’ experience in providing a first-class training experience for Wales’ young musicians and constantly delivers performances that are full of energy and passion. It is a flagship for youth music...
