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BAFTA nomination for 2016 Band Cymru Final

The innovative production of the 2016 Band Cymru Final has been nominated for a British Academy Cymru Award

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  The final of Band Cymru has been nominated for a BAFTA Cymru Award

The final of the 2016 Band Cymru competition has been nominated for a British Academy Cymru Award.

It has been nominated in the 2017 'Live Broadcast' category alongside the 'BBC Young Musician of the Year Grand Final' and the programme, 'Catching the Abusers: A Crimewatch Special'.

The Wales BAFTA awards have been presented since 1992 to celebrate the very best of the television and film industries in Wales.

Cantata

In addition, the production of Sir Karl Jenkins' 'Cantata Memoria', which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, and which featured euphonium virtuoso David Childs performing alongside the likes of Sir Bryn Terfel has been nominated in the 'Entertainment Programme' category.

The bi-annual second series of Band Cymru produced by Rondo Productions attracted excellent audience figures throughout its run on the S4C Welsh language channel.

£10,000 first prize

Brass bands, wind orchestras and jazz ensembles competed against each other over a series of televised qualifying rounds, with eventually Tredegar Band conducted by Ian Porthouse going on to claim the £10,000 first prize in the live televised final from the Parc & Dare Hall in Treorchy.

A third series will take place in 2018.

The competition brings bands from all levels into homes of viewers and showcases what we have to offer against the best ensembles of other musical genres2016 winning MD, Ian Porthouse.

Congratulations

MD of the 2016 winners, Ian Porthouse told 4BR: "This is a huge boost to brass banding in Wales. The competition brings bands from all levels into homes of viewers and showcases what we have to offer against the best ensembles of other musical genres.

The 2014 and 2016 competitions were great successes and I'm sure the 2018 one will be the same.

Our congratulations go to Rondo for helping promote the best of amateur music making in Wales in this innovative way."

Honour

Meanwhile, David Childs added: "The importance and appreciation of high quality music making in Wales is reflected in these awards.

It was a great honour to have been part of such performance and I wish the producers the very best of luck on their awards night."

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