GWAWR OWEN
TV & Radio Producer﹒
Cynhyrchydd Radio a Theledu
TV/Teledu Radio (2009 – 2020)
- Producer of Côr Cymru for Rondo Media broadcast on S4C Television from 2003.
- Music Producer for Miwsig fy Mywyd featuring Gwyn Hughes, Jones, Rhian Lois, Trystan Llyr Griffiths, Ysgol Glanaethwy and Llyr Williams.
- Producer of Band Cymru 2014, 2016, 2018.
- Producer of Côr y Flwyddyn Eurovision (Eurovision Choir) for S4C 2017 & 2019.
- Producer of Cyngerdd Heddwch Berlin in November 2018 where Gwawr managed a choir of nearly 2,000 people in a televised concert from Berlin, to mark the centenary of the end of the Second World War .
- Producer of BAFTA Cymru award-winning features on harpist Catrin Finch and pianist Llyr Williams which also won an award at the Celtic Film Festival.
- Competitor liaison for Chwilio am Seren Junior Eurovision 2018 & 2019.
- Producer of Carolau Llandudno and Cyngerdd y Deg Difa 2016.
- Producer of various programmes for BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru including:
- Live coverage from the 2014 – 2019 Gwyl Cerdd Dant
- A series with pianist Llyr Williams,
- A feature on the new organ at Llandaff Cathedral
- The 25th Anniversary Concert of Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion
- 21st Birthday Concert of Ysgol Glanaethwy
- A Christmas concert with Lloyd Macey in December 2019
During her time as Music Producer for BBC Wales, Gwawr worked as Wales Co-ordinator BBC Music Live with responsibility for Wales’ contribution to the BBC’s UK wide four day millennium celebration of live music in May 2000. Gwawr produced a range of programmes for both radio and television including a television series for BBC Wales featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Grant Llewellyn – Altogether NOW. For BBC Radio 3, she recorded interviews with numerous musicians for Artist of the Week including Dame Joan Sutherland, Vladimir Ashkenazy, James Galway, Cecilia Bartoli, Angela Gheorghiu, Sir Neville Marriner, Murray Perahia, Dame Margaret Price, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Robert Tear, Stephen Hough, John Tomlinson, and Robert Lloyd. She was responsible for In Tune and Musical Encounters when they were broadcast from Cardiff – mainly studio-based with Outside Broadcasts including Cardiff Singer of the World, Bath Festival, Three Choirs Festival, Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, and a special programme presented by John Simpson live from St. Petersburg commemorating eighty years of the Russian Revolution. Other network radio programmes include Composer of the Week, the EBU Choral competition, Let the Peoples Sing, Welsh National Opera relays, chamber recitals from St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, programmes from the Cardiff Singer of the World competition, and Opera in Action. She also produced programmes for BBC Radio Wales, and produced and presented programmes for BBC Radio Cymru.
Television production for Opus Television including three series of music quiz programmes in Welsh for S4C Television, and a series of entertaining music quiz programmes in English for HTV Wales, Perfect Pitch.
Television production for Opus Television including three series of music quiz programmes in Welsh for S4C Television, and a series of entertaining music quiz programmes in English for HTV Wales, Perfect Pitch.