Daeth Gwenan yn amlwg fel cantores a thelynores ers rhai blynyddoedd ac mae ganddi ddiddordeb arbennig mewn canu a cherddoriaeth draddodiadol a cherdd dant.
Wedi graddio mewn cerddoriaeth ym Mhrifysgol Cymru Bangor a chwblhau gradd feistr yno mewn perfformio ac ymchwil ym maes cerddoriaeth Cymru, aeth ymlaen i astudio'r delyn yn yr Academi Gerdd Frenhinol yn Llundain, ac yna dychwelodd i'w hardal enedigol ym Mhwllheli.
Bu'n enillydd ym mhrif gystadlaethau telyn a chanu'r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Yr Wyl Gerdd Dant a'r Wyl Ban Geltaidd yn Iwerddon, a bu'n cynrychioli Cymru mewn gwyliau megis Gwyl Lorient yn Llydaw, Cyngres Delynau'r Byd yn Nulyn, ac, yn fwyaf diweddar, Celtic Connections, Glasgow a Gwyl Gymreig Gogledd America, Cinncinati.
Rhyddhawyd ei chryno ddisg cyntaf, 'Y Gwenith Gwynnaf', yn 2006.
Gwenan is one of Welsh music’s most exciting new talents. Hailing from the Llyn peninsula in north-west Wales, she was brought up in a Welsh speaking family in which singing and Welsh culture in general played an integral part.
Having graduated in music from the University of Wales Bangor, and gaining a masters degree in performance and research in the field of Welsh music, she went on to further her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
She has won many harp and singing competitions at The National Eisteddfod of Wales, The Cerdd Dant Festival and The Pan Celtic Festival, and has performed at several festivals, including The Lorient Interceltic Festival, The World Harp Congress, Dublin, and, most recently, Celtic Connections, Glasgow and The North American Festival of Wales, Cinncinati.
Gwenan's debut album was recently released, and features her own arrangements of Welsh traditional folk songs and Welsh traditional music played on the small Celtic harp.
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