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Morfydd Owen<\/p>\n Morfydd Owen<\/p>\n
Amelia Jones<\/p>\n
A forgotten Welsh musical talent has been brought back into the spotlight with a striking new mural.<\/p>\n
A striking new mural celebrating Welsh composer and pianist Morfydd Owen has been completed in Pontypridd. The artwork has been created by street artist Tom Llewelyn also known as Tee2sugars, following a two-year journey to find the perfect location for the project.<\/p>\n
After several unsuccessful attempts to secure a site, the mural has finally found a home at Rhi\u2019s Cafe in Pontypridd.<\/p>\n
Owen was a talented Welsh composer, pianist and mezzo-soprano born in Treforest in 1891. A musical prodigy, she studied at University College Cardiff before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she became an accomplished composer and performer.<\/p>\n
She wrote around 250 pieces of music, including orchestral works, piano compositions, hymns and songs, with her Welsh-language work Gweddi y Pechadur among her best-known compositions. She mixed with influential figures in London\u2019s artistic and intellectual circles and performed her own music at major venues.<\/p>\n
Her promising career was tragically cut short when she died in 1918, aged just 26, following complications after an operation for appendicitis. Today, she is remembered as one of Wales\u2019 most gifted but overlooked composers.<\/p>\n
The artist said the project had been \u201ctwo years in the making\u201d, with several potential locations falling through before Rhi\u2019s Cafe was chosen as the final home for the artwork.<\/p>\n
Sharing the completed mural online, Tee2Sugars thanked the people of Pontypridd for their support and positive comments throughout the project, saying he believed Rhi\u2019s Cafe was \u201cthe best place to have it\u201d.<\/p>\n
The mural now gives visitors the chance to learn more about Owen\u2019s remarkable life and musical legacy, while celebrating a figure whose contribution to Welsh music has not always received the recognition it deserves.<\/p>\n
One commented: \u201cYou\u2019ve done a great job! And it\u2019s great to see Morfydd immortalised like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another added: \u201cShe was a very talented composer that died young.\u201d<\/p>\n
Visitors can scan a QR code featured alongside the mural to find out more about the life and legacy of Morfydd Owen.<\/p>\n
The project was funded with support from the Arts Council of Wales, the National Lottery and the Welsh Government.<\/p>\n
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