Iestyn Barrelli, a young pianist from Saundersfoot, performed at the Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians on the weekend of February 8 at the Guildhall in Swansea.

Iestyn won a silver medal in the Grade 4 class and the gold medal in 10 years and under class. Iestyn played a Nocturne by Alan Houghton and The Reef by Walter Carroll.

The adjudicator for the junior piano classes was Beate Toyca who has performed internationally. She has studied in Cologne and at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Beate in her summing up stated that “ Iestyn would be a young pianist to watch in the future.”

Iestyn attends Saundersfoot Primary School and studies piano with Jan Hartzell from Saundersfoot.