Gwenno

Gwenno Saunders has been working as a professional musician and producer for over 25 years and has released 2 EPs, 4 solo full-length albums, and 2 full-length albums with the indie-pop group The Pipettes.
As a songwriter and producer she has won numerous prizes including The Welsh Music Prize 2015 for herdebut solo album Y Dydd Olaf and has been shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize 2022 for her third album Tresor.
Prior to her solo work, Gwenno was a principal dancer in Lord of the Dance and a chorus line dancer in Riverdance, the former of which led to her taking on the lead role at the New York New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas between 1998-2000. She has also toured extensively with both throughout Europe and the UK. In 2001 Gwenno released her first Welsh, Cornish and English language EP ‘Mor Hud’ (Magical Sea) on Welsh record label ‘Recordiau SAIN’ followed by ‘Vodya’ (Leaving) in 2002, again in her three spoken languages. She won the popular vote at the Liet International song contest in the Netherlands in 2003 for her song ‘Vodya’.
In 2016 Gwenno released her debut Welsh language solo album ‘Y Dydd Olaf’ (The Final Day) on Heavenly Recordings. She played SXSW Music Festival, Austin TX and embarked on a promotional tour of the East Coast of the US in 2016 and played the Moogfest in Durham, N. Carolina the same year.
In 2018 Gwenno released her second, Cornish language solo album ‘Le Kov’ (The Place of Memory) on Heavenly Recordings. She toured Europe and the UK supporting Suede, Manic Street Preachers, and Ben Howard.

In 2025 Gwenno released her fourth solo album, in English, Cornish, and Welsh ‘Utopia’ on Heavenly Recordings.