Alwynne Pritchard

Alwynne Pritchard (born 1968, Glasgow) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Bergen, Norway. She is of Scottish, Welsh, English, Polish and Irish heritage. Alwynne is the daughter of the composer Gwyn Pritchard. She studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London and has a Master’s degree in Musicology and a PhD in Composition from the University of Bristol. Her work combines her skills as a composer, singer, actor, physical performer and violinist with her interest in text, costume and video. Alwynne’s performances, compositions and installations have been presented around the world and in 2005 her electro-acoustic composition Decoy, created at the Experimentalstudio des SWR in Freiburg for the Donaueschingen Musiktage, received the special prize given by the Foundation Ton Bruynèl, STEIM and the Foundation GAUDEAMUS. In 2019, she was nominated by BIT Teatergarasjen for the Bergens Tidende Audience Award (Publikumspris) and in 2024, her work Counting Backwards was nominated for Work of the Year (Årets Verk) by the Norwegian Society of Composers. In 2016, Alwynne was awarded the commission to create a fanfare or ‘marker’ to celebrate the opening of the University of B