Rhianwen Pugh
Rhianwen is a former first class honours scholar from the Royal College of Music, London. Whilst studying in London she gained her BMus (hons) DipABRSM and LRSM performance certificates.
She has played in many prestigious venues and events all over the UK and further afield, including the Royal Albert Hall, Buckingham Palace, Wales Millennium Center, Rio de Janeiro Arts centre etc.
Rhianwen has played for Her Majesty the Queen on several occasions, HRH Prince Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Rhianwen has orchestral experience, performing as principle of the RCM Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra. She has performed as a soloist at such venues as The Sage- Gateshead,Salvi Harp Showrooms- London and The National Gallery. She has also played in many ensembles and duets performances nationally, including duet performances with Catrin Finch and Elinor Bennett In 2009 Rhianwen played for a TV documentary accompanying Bryn Terfel and over the years has played on many occasions for Eirian Owen with Cor Godre’r Aran (Director of Cor Godrer Aran – internationally successful Welsh Male voice choir).
Rhianwen has played several times with world renowned harpist Catrin Finch and celebrities such as Charlotte Church, Stella McCartney and the Mayor of London. In 2015 Rhianwen was flown to Barcelona to accompany Adele in an intimate concert, for the second time.
Rhianwen has recently performed in countries such as China, Australia and Brazil whilst being the Queen Elizabeth resident Harpist for Cunard.
She is also experienced in Bollywood music and has a large repertoire.
video & Audio
playlist summary
Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach - Arioso
Bach - Air on the G String
Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Beethoven - Fur Elise
Clarke - The Prince of Denmark’s March
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Debussy - Arabesque
Elgar - Salut d’Armour
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Handel - La Rejouissance from “Music for the Royal Fireworks”
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Lovland - You Raise me Up
Mendelssohn - Wedding March “A Midsummers Night Dream”
Offenbach - Barcarolle
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Parry - Jerusalem
Parry - I was glad
Purcell - Trumpet Tune
Schubert - Ave Maria
Shostakovitch - Romance from “The Gadfly”
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake
Wagner - Bridal March (Here Comes the Bride
Albeniz - Sonata in D
Bach arr.Grandjany - Violin Sonata No.1 and Partita No.1
Bach - Lute Suite
Glinka - Nocturne
Gordon - Sonata
Grandjany - Fantasy on a theme by Haydn
Hasselmans - La Source, Opus 44
Hasselmans - Valse de Concert
Hindemith - Sonate (1939)
Mathias - Improvisations
Naderman - Sonata in F major
Naderman - Sonata in D Minor
Naderman- Sonata in C minor
Parish-Alvars - Fantasie on Lucia di Lammermoor
Parry - Sonata No. 1 in D major, Sonata No. 2 in G major
Piazzola - C’est L’amour
Piazolla - Libertango
Pierne - Impromptu-Caprice
Rota - Sarabande et Toccatta
Salzedo - Lara’s Granada
Scarlatti - Sonata in E major K380
Tchaikovsky- Fantaiaise on a theme of the opera “Eugene Onegin”
Jazz Music
All That Jazz
Angel of Music
Chicago
Close Every Door
Don't Cry for Me Argentina
I Don't Know How To Love Him
I Dreamed a dream
Memory
Over The Rainbow
On My Own
Pie Jesu
Somewhere
Starlight Express
Sunrise, Sunset
Tell Me on a Sunday
Think Of Me
The Music of the Night
The Phantom of the Opera
Tomorrow
Who Will Buy?
Disney Music
A Whole New World (Aladdin)
Be Our Guest (Beauty and The Beast)
Beauty and The Beast
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Lion King)
Chim Chim Cher-ee (Mary Poppins)
Colours of The Wind (Pochahontnas)
Circle of Life (Lion King)
Go The Distance (Hercules)
God Help The Outcast (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Hakuna Matata (Lion King)
If I Never Knew You (Pocahontas)
Kiss The Girl (Little Mermaid)
Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty)
Part of Your World (Little Mermaid)
Reflection (Mulan)
Someday (Hunchback of Notre Dam)
So This is Love (Cinderella)
You’ve Got a Friend in Me (Toystory)
Zip-A-Dee-Do-Da (Song of The South)
Traditional Music
Irish Air - Cockles and Mussels
Welsh Air - David of the White Rock
Welsh Air - All Through the Night
Welsh Air - Bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn (Watching the wheat)
Welsh Air - The Ash Grove
English Air - Drink to me Only
English Air - English Country Garden
English Air - Greensleeves
Scottish Air - Auld Lang Syne
Wind Benneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
Windmills Of Your Mind (Legrand)
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
World in Union (Hayley Westerna/ World Cup anthem)
You Light Up My Life (You Light Up My Life)
You And I (One Direction)
You Raise Me Up (Westlife)
Your Song (Elton John/Ellie Goulding)
A Team (Ed Sheeran)
All Of Me (John Legend)
All You Need is Love (The Beatles)
All I Ask (Adele)
Always and Forever (Heatwave)
A Hard Day Night (Beatles)
Angel (Sarah McLachlan)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
Beautiful Day (U2)
Because you loved me (up close & personal)
Believe (The Polar Express)
Beneath Your Beautiful (Labrinth)
Better Together (Jack Johnson)
Blue Velvet (Tony Bennett)
Candle in The Wind (Elton John)
Can't fight the moonlight ( Coyote Ugly)
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
Cavatina (Deer Hunter)
Chandelier (Sia- Acoustic version)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Chasing Pavements (Adele)
Clocks (Coldplay)
Clown (Emile Sande)
Close To You (The Carpenters)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
Counting Stars (One Republic)
Creep (Radiohead)
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me (Elton John)
Don’t Look Back in Anger (Oasis)
Don’t Stop Believeing (Journey)
Eyes Shut (Years & Years)
Everybody Hurts (REM)
Everything I Do (Bryan Adams)
Fast Car (Tracey Chapman)
Feather Theme (Forrest Gump)
Feeling Good (Muse)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Fix You (Coldplay)
For the Love of a Princess (Braveheart)
For you I will (Space Jam)
Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty)
Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
Hall of Fame (Script)
Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
Hero (Mariah Carey)
How Do I live ( Con Air)
How Long I Will Love You (Ellie Goulding)
Ice Castles Main Theme
I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing (Aerosmith)
Imagine (John Lennon)
Is This Love (Bob Marley)
I Believe in You and Me (The Preacher's wife)
I won’t Give Up (Jason Moraz)
Jar of Hearts (Christina Perri)
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet)
Lara’s Theme (Dr. Zhivago)
Let Her Go (Passenger)
Let It Be (Beatles)
Make You Feel My Love (Adele)
Marry Me (Jason Derulo)
Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
One Day Like This (Elbow)
One Wish (Ray J)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Photograph (Ed Sheeran)
Pompeii (Bastille)
Rather Be (Clean Bandit)
Real Love (Tom Odell)
Rule The World (Take That)
Say You Won’t Let Go (James Arthur)
Singin' in The Rain
Skinny Love (Birdy)
Someone Like You (Adele)
Song Bird (Eva Cassidy)
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zepellin)
Star Wars Main Theme
Sugar (Maroon 5)
Take My Breath Away (Top Gun)
Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
The Note book Main Theme ( The Notebook)
The Way You Look Tonight (Sinatra)
Theme from Schindler's List
The Long And Winding Road (Beatles)
The Pink Panther
The Prayer (Quest for Camelot)
There You'll Be (Pearl Harbour)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)
Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
Titanic Theme (Celine Dion)
Titanium (David Guetta & Sia)
To Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan/Adele)
Treasure (Bruno Mars)
Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden)
Unchained Melody
Waiting ForA Star To Fall (Boy Meets Girl)
Wake Me Up (Aviici)
Wake Me Up When September Ends (Greenday)
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
What The World Needs Now Is Love
Wherever You Will Go (Charlene Soraia)
When I Fall in Love (Nat King Cole)
When We Were Young (Adele)
When You Believe (Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston)
Will You Be There (Free Willy)
When You Say Nothing At All (Westlife)
Yellow Submarine (Beatles)
XO (Beyonce)
Location
Rhianwen is based in Chester and is more than happy to travel.
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