Trystan Llŷr Griffiths

Trystan is an internationally acclaimed artist, regarded as one of Wales’ finest young tenors.  He enjoys widespread popularity across Wales, regularly appearing on TV, in concerts, opera performances, and as a soloist at the Millennium Stadium before rugby matches.  His appearances have included solo performances at the Royal Albert Hall and on several occasions at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Trystan is a fluent Welsh speaker from Pembrokeshire, studying for his degree in Theatre, Music and Media at the University of Wales Trinity St David in Carmarthen, followed by a Masters in Vocal Studies at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London and post-graduate studies in Opera Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.

Trystan has won numerous awards, including the Second Prize in the prestigious Paris Opera Competition at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. In 2012, Trystan was named the ‘Voice of Wales’ by Decca Records after a search of over 600 singers in a series televised by S4C. He is also one of the first recipients of a Study Award from the Bryn Terfel Foundation. Other prizes and awards include the 2014 Ian Stoutzker Prize; 2014 Bruce Millar Gulliver Singing Prize, 2013 RWCMD HRH Prince of Wales Scholarship, The 2013 Dunraven Welsh Young Singer of the Year Prize, The 2012 MOCSA Young Welsh Singer of the Year Award, The 2012 Sybil Tutton Award and the 2011 W. Towyn Roberts Scholarship at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.

Trystan was appointed as our LARS’ Honorary Patron in 2024.