About Geraint
Geraint is an award-winning composer, writer, musical director and pianist from Cardiff. He studied at the University of Cambridge, and has received training at the Young Vic, the National Theatre, and piano tuition at the Birmingham Conservatoire. He is also an accomplished music transcriber, and accompanist for classical, choral, and musical theatre repertoire. Geraint recently won the 'Voice, Vision & Potential' Award at the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize, which recognises an outstanding song from a new musical. His song, 'Bio', was from Queerway, a song cycle derived from interviews with queer people living in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The show was commissioned by Leeway Productions for a debut run at the Wales Millennium Centre in February 2023. Geraint was a member of the inaugural Overtures scheme for the musical Rust, co-written with Helena Fox, which explores addiction, recovery, and mental health services. The scheme was led by Burnt Lemon Theatre and The REcreate Agency, in partnership with The Other Palace, Birmingham Hippodrome, Sheffield Theatres, MAST Mayflower Southampton, The Hope Mill, Warwick Arts Centre and China Plate. Rust was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe 2019, where it sold-out and won the Derek Award for Best Musical, and shortlisted for many others. |
Geraint is the Musical Supervisor of Branwen: Dadeni, co-produced by Wales Millennium Centre and Frân Wen. He was recently the Associate Musical Director on the UK tour of My Fair Lady, direct from Broadway and the London Coliseum with the ENO. As a pianist and accompanist, Geraint has played at venues including Cadogan Hall, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the Adelphi, the Dominion, Wales Millennium Centre, Llangollen International Eisteddfod, and multiple concerts with the London Musical Theatre Orchestra.He is currently developing the verbatim musical Vox Pop, which follows the people of Cardiff in the General Election of 2019. This show was developed at Britten Pears Arts where Geraint was a Snape Residency Artist 2022. Other composing credits include the 27 second chain project (Bali International Film Festival) and The Gingerbread Man (the Cambridge Footlights pantomime). @geraintllyrowen |
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