Gareth Glyn was born in Machynlleth, mid-Wales, in 1951; he is a music graduate of Merton College Oxford and a Composer Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music.

He began composing while still at school in Flintshire, North Wales, and his works were first broadcast while he was still at University.

Among the performers of his work have been Bryn Terfel, Charlotte Church, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, I Musici de Montréal and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.

A great many of Gareth’s works are available on commercial recordings, including: Legend of the Lake, Anglesey Seascapes, A Snowdon Overture and Three Psalms for Organ; he is widely published, and his pieces are performed all over the world.

Gareth Glyn received an Honorary Fellowship from the University Wales, Bangor, and the rank of Honorary Druid in the National Eisteddfod’s Gorsedd of Bards, for his services to music in Wales.

Gareth lives in Bodffordd, Anglesey, with his wife Eleri Cwyfan; he has two grown-up sons, Peredur and Seiriol.