{"id":30774,"date":"2016-10-10T22:04:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T22:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=30774"},"modified":"2017-10-24T10:54:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:54:00","slug":"swansea-international-festival-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/swansea-international-festival-is-back","title":{"rendered":"Swansea&#8217;s iconic festival is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not just Cardiff who is host to major music events; thanks to Swansea\u2019s International Festival, it too has its own distinctive part to play. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This month, the<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swanseafestival.org\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swansea International Festival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> welcomed a host of talented Welsh and International musicians and artists to showcase their work. At the heart of this year&#8217;s festival was a performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Chorus of Wales, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan tragedy. With music, dance, theatre, cinema and talks this colourful and diverse festival will be running until 15 October 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 15 October<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony Orchestra will be closing the curtain on this year\u2019s festival.\u00a0A world-renowned Russian orchestra, it\u2019s recognised as one of the most prestigious.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alongside them in the final week,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swanseafestival.org\/whats-on\/sinfonia-cymru\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sinfonia Cymru<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will give an exclusive performance on Wednesday 12 October. A young, chamber orchestra from Wales, it\u2019s made up of professional musicians at the early stages of their careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes this festival so distinctive to others is that it offers young people opportunities to make their voices heard.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently there was a chorus of disapproval, when plans were made by the County Council to cut music funding to schools completely. The world famous composer, Karl Jenkins from Swansea has lived a life full of music, understands the importance of the service. I<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n open letter, it read that these cuts were not justified and were proposed by people outside of music, who don\u2019t see its benefit.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wynne Griffiths, Friends Chairman of the West Glamorgan Youth Music agreed and said: \u201cThere\u2019s no substitute for real music.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added, \u201cThe funding goes to the families, who without it, will not be able to fund their musical education. Young musicians are trained and nurtured from a young age, it takes years for them to become accomplished musicians.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swansea International festival is in full swing; so it\u2019s your last chance to see what\u2019s on offer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[2940,906,1947,366,1067,986,1356],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Swansea&#039;s iconic festival is back - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Swansea International Festival is back for another year, showcasing the best of Welsh and International artists.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/swansea-international-festival-is-back\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swansea&#039;s iconic festival is back - 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