| Biography | Ieuan began playing the harp at the age of six; he was brought up in mid-Wales where he discovered the harp at school.
At 13, he was the youngest member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales. He went on to join the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and then gained a scholarship to study with Marisa Robles at the Royal College of Music. After four years at the RCM, winning all the major prizes including the Tagore Gold Medal and the Queen Mothers Rose Bowl for the most distinguished student of his year, he won he Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition in 1985 (only the second harpist to do so in 50 years) and came runner up at the Israel International Competition*.
While still a student he was appointed harpist to the House of Commons; an appointment which went on for some 13 years, and has not since been repeated.
He has played for Royalty, Ambassadors, Prime Ministers and audiences all over the world. Ieuan was appointed Professor of Harp at the Royal College of Music in 1997. He is also a member of the Assoicated Board of the Royal Schools of Music's board of diploma examiners, and regularly appears on international competition panels world-wide |