In pictures: Opening of Womex 2013
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Crowds packed into the Wales Millennium Centre to watch the opening concert of Womex 2013, 'Land of Song' featuring leading Welsh musicians led by Artistic Director, Cerys Mathews.
Cerys Matthews was the Artistic Director of this year's spectacular opening concert entitled 'Land of Song' which told the story of Welsh musical traditions and culture over the last 30,000 years
Ghazalaw consist of Mumbai Ghazal singer Tauseef Akhtar and Cardiff-based Welsh singer-songwriter Gwyneth Glyn. They have performed at the Desert Festival, Delhi and featured at the Indiearth Exchange in Chennai.
For 130 years the Treorchy Male Choir has been recognised as one of the greatest choral ensembles of all time with regular TV, film and commercial recordings as well as Royal Command Performances and world tours.
Cerys Mathews directs a song with the Treorchy Male Choir and the Mount Stuart Primary School Choir.
Georgia Ruth is a bilingual singer who has performed at Glastonbury, The Green Man and Swn festivals. Her unusual harp playing is inspired more by old folk revivalist records than her classical training.
Ballet Cymru, an award winning classical ballet company perform a dance duel against Dawnswyr Nantgarw, one of the largest and most successful folk dancing teams in Wales.
The men from Dawnswyr Nantgarw take traditional clog dancing to a whole new level on stage at the Wales Millennium Centre.
Cerys Matthews and violinist Patrick Rimes, who is in his fourth year of music studies at Leeds University and performs regularly around the UK and internationally with a number of artists.
Cerys Matthews and harpist/ singer Gwenan Gibbard performing with the band. Gwenan will feature on Cerys Matthews’ forthcoming album of Welsh traditional songs.
A Welsh Triple Harp duet featuring Robin Huw Bowen, the only full-time professional musician specialising in this instrument and accomplished harpist Rhiain Bebb from Gwynedd.