North Wales International Music Festival
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St Asaph Cathedral's renowned acoustics host classical music: 11-20 Sept. Founded by William Matthias in 1972.
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Chatting with Hallé’s David Petri (piano/cello) & Caroline Abbott (violin) about our drop-in dementia music workshop was inspiring. Moments of connection through music are powerful. Our sincerest thanks to Pendine Arts Community Trust, Mario & Gill Kreft for their support.
December 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Chatting with Hallé’s David Petri (piano/cello) & Caroline Abbott (violin) about our drop-in dementia music workshop was inspiring. Moments of connection through music are powerful. Our sincerest thanks to Pendine Arts Community Trust, Mario & Gill Kreft for their support.
🌟 Foden’s Band premieres Paul Mealor’s 'Tranquil Abiding' at St Asaph Cathedral, Sat 29 Nov, 7pm, for his 50th. Elw i’r NWIMF. 🎟️ Tickets/Tocynnau: nwimf.com / LinkTree, Cathedral Frames, Theatr Clwyd, neu ar y drws.
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
🌟 Foden’s Band premieres Paul Mealor’s 'Tranquil Abiding' at St Asaph Cathedral, Sat 29 Nov, 7pm, for his 50th. Elw i’r NWIMF. 🎟️ Tickets/Tocynnau: nwimf.com / LinkTree, Cathedral Frames, Theatr Clwyd, neu ar y drws.
🎬New behind-the-scenes clips coming soon — rehearsals, interviews, and stories from this year’s inspiring performers. What do YOU want to see? Comment below! Cynnwys tu ôl-i’r-llen yn dod yn fuan — ymarferion, cyfweliadau a straeon. Beth hoffech chi weld? #NWIMF #BehindTheScenes #NewMusic
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🎬New behind-the-scenes clips coming soon — rehearsals, interviews, and stories from this year’s inspiring performers. What do YOU want to see? Comment below! Cynnwys tu ôl-i’r-llen yn dod yn fuan — ymarferion, cyfweliadau a straeon. Beth hoffech chi weld? #NWIMF #BehindTheScenes #NewMusic
💫We were honoured to welcome Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE to NWIMF 2025 for her Festival Lecture “The Healing Power of Music”, exploring music and medicine with Prof Paul Mealor — a moving fusion of art, science, and empathy. #NWIMF #MusicAndMedicine #Inspiration
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
💫We were honoured to welcome Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE to NWIMF 2025 for her Festival Lecture “The Healing Power of Music”, exploring music and medicine with Prof Paul Mealor — a moving fusion of art, science, and empathy. #NWIMF #MusicAndMedicine #Inspiration
✨As part of this year’s NWIMF Fringe, we welcomed David Petri & Caroline Abbott from the Hallé Orchestra for a drop-in workshop with people living with dementia — exploring mental health through music, movement & song. 💫🎶 #NWIMF #MentalHealth #MusicAndWellbeing #HalleOrchestra
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
✨As part of this year’s NWIMF Fringe, we welcomed David Petri & Caroline Abbott from the Hallé Orchestra for a drop-in workshop with people living with dementia — exploring mental health through music, movement & song. 💫🎶 #NWIMF #MentalHealth #MusicAndWellbeing #HalleOrchestra
🏆 Pendine Young Musician of Wales / Cerddor Ifanc Pendine Cymru 2025
An incredible evening of passion, excellence & inspiration! Cynhaliwyd gan Steffan Hughes gyda Teleri-Siân a BBC Radio Cymru. Winner / Enillydd: Rufus Edwards. More on our finalists soon! #PendineArts #YoungMusicianOfWales
An incredible evening of passion, excellence & inspiration! Cynhaliwyd gan Steffan Hughes gyda Teleri-Siân a BBC Radio Cymru. Winner / Enillydd: Rufus Edwards. More on our finalists soon! #PendineArts #YoungMusicianOfWales
October 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🏆 Pendine Young Musician of Wales / Cerddor Ifanc Pendine Cymru 2025
An incredible evening of passion, excellence & inspiration! Cynhaliwyd gan Steffan Hughes gyda Teleri-Siân a BBC Radio Cymru. Winner / Enillydd: Rufus Edwards. More on our finalists soon! #PendineArts #YoungMusicianOfWales
An incredible evening of passion, excellence & inspiration! Cynhaliwyd gan Steffan Hughes gyda Teleri-Siân a BBC Radio Cymru. Winner / Enillydd: Rufus Edwards. More on our finalists soon! #PendineArts #YoungMusicianOfWales
📸 Huge thanks to our wonderful photographer Stephen Cain for capturing the energy, emotion & magic of NWIMF 2025! Diolch o galon am ddal hud a brwdfrydedd ein Gŵyl eleni! 💫 #NWIMF #FestivalHighlights #StephenCainPhotography #MusicInWales #ClassicalMusic #LiveMusic
October 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
📸 Huge thanks to our wonderful photographer Stephen Cain for capturing the energy, emotion & magic of NWIMF 2025! Diolch o galon am ddal hud a brwdfrydedd ein Gŵyl eleni! 💫 #NWIMF #FestivalHighlights #StephenCainPhotography #MusicInWales #ClassicalMusic #LiveMusic
Thank you Zeb Soanes for presenting a stellar programme on Classic FM featuring the magical music of Debbie Wiseman this evening! It was wonderful to hear Debbie’s music played beautifully by NEW Sinfonia under the baton of Rob Guy & Debbie herself (all recorded live from Wales)!✨🎶
September 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thank you Zeb Soanes for presenting a stellar programme on Classic FM featuring the magical music of Debbie Wiseman this evening! It was wonderful to hear Debbie’s music played beautifully by NEW Sinfonia under the baton of Rob Guy & Debbie herself (all recorded live from Wales)!✨🎶
✨Last week we had the opportunity to speak with Classic FM's 'Composer-in-Residence', Debbie Wiseman, on scoring to picture and the magic of hearing her music in St Asaph Cathedral. Don’t miss Zeb Soanes presenting her iconic works with NEW Sinfonia! Tomorrow: Sunday 9pm📻 #DebbieWiseman #ClassicFM
September 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
✨Last week we had the opportunity to speak with Classic FM's 'Composer-in-Residence', Debbie Wiseman, on scoring to picture and the magic of hearing her music in St Asaph Cathedral. Don’t miss Zeb Soanes presenting her iconic works with NEW Sinfonia! Tomorrow: Sunday 9pm📻 #DebbieWiseman #ClassicFM
Thank you to Stephen Cain Photography for capturing these stunning stills from BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s spectacular concert last week! ✨ On the podium: conductor Nil Vendetti, joined by tenor Gwilym Bowen. 🎶 #BBCNOW #Orchestra #ClassicalMusic #Conductor #Tenor #MusicPhotography #LiveMusic
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Thank you to Stephen Cain Photography for capturing these stunning stills from BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s spectacular concert last week! ✨ On the podium: conductor Nil Vendetti, joined by tenor Gwilym Bowen. 🎶 #BBCNOW #Orchestra #ClassicalMusic #Conductor #Tenor #MusicPhotography #LiveMusic
🎉 That’s a wrap for NWIMF 2025! Huge thanks to Paul Mealor, Caroline Thomas, Gregory Cameron, our Board, volunteers, artists & Fringe. Highlights: Calleja, Apollo 5, Black Dyke, BBCNOW, Debbie Wiseman & Pendine Young Musician. Thanks to all funders & sponsors! #NWIMF2025 #NorthWalesMusicFestival
September 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🎉 That’s a wrap for NWIMF 2025! Huge thanks to Paul Mealor, Caroline Thomas, Gregory Cameron, our Board, volunteers, artists & Fringe. Highlights: Calleja, Apollo 5, Black Dyke, BBCNOW, Debbie Wiseman & Pendine Young Musician. Thanks to all funders & sponsors! #NWIMF2025 #NorthWalesMusicFestival
✨Unforgettable evening! North Wales Choral Union & Orchestra with Trystan Lewis present the world premiere of Caradog Roberts’ Welsh Mass + Sir John Rutter’s moving Requiem for his 80th 🎶. Don’t miss it—get tickets now! 🎟️ #ChoralMusic #WelshMusic #JohnRutter #WorldPremiere #CaradogRoberts
September 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
✨Unforgettable evening! North Wales Choral Union & Orchestra with Trystan Lewis present the world premiere of Caradog Roberts’ Welsh Mass + Sir John Rutter’s moving Requiem for his 80th 🎶. Don’t miss it—get tickets now! 🎟️ #ChoralMusic #WelshMusic #JohnRutter #WorldPremiere #CaradogRoberts
✨ Festival Lecture 2025 🎶 Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE explores the healing power of music & its link with medicine in her free talk “The Healing Power of Music: Setting the Hippocratic Oath to Music.” Inspiring & thought-provoking! 🌟 #FestivalLecture #MusicAndMedicine
September 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
✨ Festival Lecture 2025 🎶 Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE explores the healing power of music & its link with medicine in her free talk “The Healing Power of Music: Setting the Hippocratic Oath to Music.” Inspiring & thought-provoking! 🌟 #FestivalLecture #MusicAndMedicine
✨ Congratulations to all finalists of Pendine Young Musician of Wales 2025! Champion Rufus Edwards won the Pendine Trophy & £2,000, closing with 'Toccata Alla Danza' by William Mathias. 2nd: Iván Cherednichenko Carrillo (£1,000). 3rd: Stephanie Jonas & Izzy Hill (£500). #PendineYoungMusician
September 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
✨ Congratulations to all finalists of Pendine Young Musician of Wales 2025! Champion Rufus Edwards won the Pendine Trophy & £2,000, closing with 'Toccata Alla Danza' by William Mathias. 2nd: Iván Cherednichenko Carrillo (£1,000). 3rd: Stephanie Jonas & Izzy Hill (£500). #PendineYoungMusician
🎻 Young Composers Course Concert with BBC NOW 🎶 Free event showcasing bold new voices & imaginative works. Experience the future of music, performed by BBC NOW musicians. 🌟 #BBCNOW #YoungComposers #FutureOfMusic #NewMusic #InspiringComposers #FreeConcertWales
September 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🎻 Young Composers Course Concert with BBC NOW 🎶 Free event showcasing bold new voices & imaginative works. Experience the future of music, performed by BBC NOW musicians. 🌟 #BBCNOW #YoungComposers #FutureOfMusic #NewMusic #InspiringComposers #FreeConcertWales
✨Exclusive behind-the-scenes: a real treat to see Classic FM’s Composer-in-Residence, Debbie Wiseman OBE, conduct her own piece at our Festival! With narration by Zeb Soanes and soprano Tesni Jones, her music beautifully filled St Asaph Cathedral during the rehearsal this afternoon! 🎶✨
September 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
✨Exclusive behind-the-scenes: a real treat to see Classic FM’s Composer-in-Residence, Debbie Wiseman OBE, conduct her own piece at our Festival! With narration by Zeb Soanes and soprano Tesni Jones, her music beautifully filled St Asaph Cathedral during the rehearsal this afternoon! 🎶✨
🌟 Behind the scenes at St Asaph Cathedral with NEW Sinfonia (Robert Guy) at #NWIMF! Thrilled Debbie Wiseman (Classic FM’s Composer-in-Residence) is here, with the concert presented by Zeb Soanes & recorded by Classic FM. Don’t miss this magical evening with Tesni Jones!
September 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🌟 Behind the scenes at St Asaph Cathedral with NEW Sinfonia (Robert Guy) at #NWIMF! Thrilled Debbie Wiseman (Classic FM’s Composer-in-Residence) is here, with the concert presented by Zeb Soanes & recorded by Classic FM. Don’t miss this magical evening with Tesni Jones!
✨The sun is shining! Soprano Rebecca Evans sings “Let the People Praise Thee, O God” outside St Asaph Cathedral by William Mathias’ grave, celebrating his music ahead of her Vocal Masterclass & the Pendine Young Musician Grand Final.
September 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
✨The sun is shining! Soprano Rebecca Evans sings “Let the People Praise Thee, O God” outside St Asaph Cathedral by William Mathias’ grave, celebrating his music ahead of her Vocal Masterclass & the Pendine Young Musician Grand Final.
🌟 Tonight’s the night! Join us at St Asaph Cathedral as finalists Izzy (harp), Rufus (piano), Ivan (cello) & Stephanie (cornet) compete for Pendine Young Musician of Wales 2025. Compered by Steffan Hughes, accompanied by Teleri-Siân & recorded live by BBC Radio Cymru.
September 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🌟 Tonight’s the night! Join us at St Asaph Cathedral as finalists Izzy (harp), Rufus (piano), Ivan (cello) & Stephanie (cornet) compete for Pendine Young Musician of Wales 2025. Compered by Steffan Hughes, accompanied by Teleri-Siân & recorded live by BBC Radio Cymru.
🎶 Vocal Masterclass with Rebecca Evans CBE 🌟 A free chance to learn from the world-renowned soprano— inspiring for young singers & fascinating for all. Experience music-making at its very best! 🙌 #RebeccaEvans #VocalMasterclass #InspiringSingers #FreeMusicEvent
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🎶 Vocal Masterclass with Rebecca Evans CBE 🌟 A free chance to learn from the world-renowned soprano— inspiring for young singers & fascinating for all. Experience music-making at its very best! 🙌 #RebeccaEvans #VocalMasterclass #InspiringSingers #FreeMusicEvent
🌟 We were thrilled to chat with Mario Kreft, reflecting on this year’s theme, William Mathias’ legacy, and Paul Mealor’s development of the Festival. Opening night wowed with Joseph Calleja, Ellis Thomas, and Branwen Medi Jones! #PendineArts #NorthWalesMusicFestival #JosephCalleja #ArtsSupport
September 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🌟 We were thrilled to chat with Mario Kreft, reflecting on this year’s theme, William Mathias’ legacy, and Paul Mealor’s development of the Festival. Opening night wowed with Joseph Calleja, Ellis Thomas, and Branwen Medi Jones! #PendineArts #NorthWalesMusicFestival #JosephCalleja #ArtsSupport
✨ Don’t miss Prof. Henrietta Bowden-Jones’s free Festival Lecture “The Healing Power of Music” this Sat 1pm, St Asaph Parish Church, part of NWIMF! Here’s a clip on her collaboration with our Artistic Director, Prof. Paul Mealor. #NWIMF #FestivalLecture #HealingThroughMusic #HippocraticOath
September 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
✨ Don’t miss Prof. Henrietta Bowden-Jones’s free Festival Lecture “The Healing Power of Music” this Sat 1pm, St Asaph Parish Church, part of NWIMF! Here’s a clip on her collaboration with our Artistic Director, Prof. Paul Mealor. #NWIMF #FestivalLecture #HealingThroughMusic #HippocraticOath
🌟 Hear the stars of tomorrow at the Pendine Young Musician of Wales Semi-Final! 🎶 Supported by Pendine Arts & Community Trust – with thanks to Mario & Gill Kreft. 👉🏻 Book your tickets: nwimf.com/en/concerts-... #PendineYoungMusician #NWIMF2025 #FutureStars #ClassicalMusic #WelshMusic
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌟 Hear the stars of tomorrow at the Pendine Young Musician of Wales Semi-Final! 🎶 Supported by Pendine Arts & Community Trust – with thanks to Mario & Gill Kreft. 👉🏻 Book your tickets: nwimf.com/en/concerts-... #PendineYoungMusician #NWIMF2025 #FutureStars #ClassicalMusic #WelshMusic
🌟 Dementia-Friendly Concert 🎶 Join LMN Cymru for a free performance with Iwan Owen & Suzi Saperia—uplifting, welcoming & open to all. No booking needed, just come along! 💫 #LiveMusicNowCymru #DementiaFriendly #MusicForAll #InclusiveConcert #CommunityConcert
September 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🌟 Dementia-Friendly Concert 🎶 Join LMN Cymru for a free performance with Iwan Owen & Suzi Saperia—uplifting, welcoming & open to all. No booking needed, just come along! 💫 #LiveMusicNowCymru #DementiaFriendly #MusicForAll #InclusiveConcert #CommunityConcert
🎟️ 20 HALF-PRICE tickets for Debbie Wiseman with NEW Sinfonia! Quote WOLFHALL50 online/phone bookings – once they’re gone, they’re gone! 🎶 Book now: nwimf.com/en/concerts-...
September 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🎟️ 20 HALF-PRICE tickets for Debbie Wiseman with NEW Sinfonia! Quote WOLFHALL50 online/phone bookings – once they’re gone, they’re gone! 🎶 Book now: nwimf.com/en/concerts-...