MARAED PUGH-EVANS has been announced as the seventh official harpist to His Majesty since he re-created the role in 2000 as Prince of Wales to foster Welsh talent on the harp, the national instrument of Wales.
Maraed graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama with First Class Honours in 2020 and went on to receive her Master of Arts: Performance (First Class) from the Royal Academy of Music in London.
She told Herald.Wales: “When I first asked for harp lessons at six years old it never crossed my mind that I would become the King’s Harpist.
“Receiving this role is a great honour and a great responsibility. I am looking forward to introducing the harp to new and diverse audiences but also sharing my Welsh heritage and language, Cymraeg, with people from across the UK and further afield.
“My current community work with Live Music Now, Wigmore Hall’s Music for Life, and the City of London Sinfonia, is central to my belief that music is for everyone, that each person can participate in music-making and that music can help uplift, support and bring joy to every life.
“As co-founder of Music in Hospices I have seen first-hand the pleasure and peace that music can bring to people in the most difficult circumstances.”
