Annette Bryn Parri

Annette Bryn Parri was born in Deiniolen, Gwynedd. She is a Welsh pianist and accompanist to opera stars such as Bryn Terfel and Rebecca Evans. She stidied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester specialising in lieder, oratorio and opera. She has won numerous awards, including the Grace Williams Medal for composition at the Urdd Eisteddfod in 1982 and the Blue Riband for instrumentalists at the Rhyl National Eisteddfod in 1985. Since 1993 Parri has accompanied the choirs of Ysgol Gynaethwy and in 2013 she established TRIO, a male voice trio.