Annette Bryn Parri

Annette Bryn Parri is a Welsh pianist, best known as an accompanist to opera stars such as Bryn Terfel, Rebecca Evans and Jason Howard. Parri appears regularly on the National Eisteddfod stage, and also at the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen.

Early life

Parri was born in Deiniolen, Wales. Having studied piano with Rhiannon Gabrielson, Parri graduated with a GRNCM in 1984 from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester after studying under Marjorie Clementi. Whilst at Manchester, she specialized in lieder, oratorio and opera, but her particular interest was in the Romantic composers. In 1982, she won the Grace Williams Medal for composition at the Urdd Gobaith Cymru Eisteddfod at Pwllheli.

Accompanist career

Parri became an official accompanist at the age of fifteen. In 1983 she made her first appearance at the National Eisteddfod, at Llangefni, and at the Rhyl National Eisteddfod in 1985, she won the Blue Riband for instrumentalists. Parri has accompanied at the Albert Hall, London on several occasions and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir George Solti, Prince Charles and Princess Diana have been among her private audiences. She can be heard accompanying many famous artists including Bryn Terfel, Aled Jones, Eirian James, Gwyn Hughes-Jones,^[1] Leah Marian Jones and Rebecca Evans, and she has appeared on several S4C series, including Noson Lawen, Cân i Gymru and giving a Masterclass on Meistroli.

Parri later joined the Music Department of the University of Wales, Bangor as a piano tutor to students following B.A. and B.Music degree courses.

Parri made her debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005.

She has recorded three solo albums.

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