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Mared Emyr Pugh-eVANS

Harpist to his majesty
the king

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About Mared

International Prize-Winning Harpist

Mared Emyr Pugh-Evans is an international prize-winning harpist from Borth, in mid-west Wales. She gained her MA (Performance) degree from the Royal Academy of Music in 2022, where she studied under Karen Vaughan. She also achieved her LRAM whilst studying for her final year and received a DipRAM certificate for her Final Performance. 

She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff in 2020 with a First Class (Honours) Bachelor of Music degree and also achieved her DipABRSM (Instrumental Teaching) certificate and was awarded the 2020 RWCMD Royal Welch Fusiliers Award and the Florence Mary Proctor Scholarship. Mared is honoured to have been appointed Harpist to His Majesty The King in the Summer of 2024, with her first official engagement happening a few weeks later celebrating 25 years of Y Senedd in Cardiff.

A regular recitalist on both the national and international stage, Mared has won numerous awards for her playing, including:

2022: Winner National Eisteddfod of Wales Instrumental Blue Riband winner 19 years and over

2022: Winner of the Skaila Kanga Prize

2022: 6th Place HarpMasters Prize Winner USA International Harp Competition, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

2021: Winner of the Sir Ian Stoutzker Prize for the most Outstanding Musician, RWCMD

2020: Finalist RWCMD Concerto Competition

Mared would like to thank the following for their generous support: James Pantyfedwen Foundation; Help Musicians; Cronfa Goffa Ryan Davies and the Dr Daniel Williams' Educational Fund. Diolch o galon.  

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"Mared excelled and enchanted the audience with her musicianship and mastery of her instrument"

 

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maredemyr@yahoo.co.uk / 07507 824797

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