Official Opening of the Sixth Senedd

She also visited in 2006 to open the newly built Senedd building on St David’s Day.

The official opening is usually held soon after an election, but has been delayed this year due to coronavirus restrictions.  

Official Harpist to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Alis Huws is a freelance soloist, orchestral and chamber musician. She has played for the Royal Family on several occasions, and has travelled widely, performing in Europe, the Far East, Russia and Japan.

From Welsh town halls and community spaces to international stages and festivals, National Dance Company Wales make dance for all kinds of people in all kinds of places. They dance indoors, outdoors and online.

Hijinx works to pioneer, produce and promote opportunities for actors with learning disabilities and/or autism to create outstanding productions.

The Welsh National Youth Opera strives to bring the power, drama and raw emotion of opera to as wide an audience as possible, opening up the world of opera to everyone.

Zillah Bowes is a multidisciplinary artist, creating works in film, photography and poetry. Her work has been shown worldwide in many ways including cinema, TV, online and galleries.

Tân Cerdd perform ‘Ymuno’, composed by Lily Beau and Eadyth Crawford to mark the Official Opening.

It features photographs of people from all over Wales, along with landscapes, taken outside before and after sunrise. Using dawn light, Zillah marks the beginning of a new Senedd term, as well as people’s hopes and aspirations for Wales’s post-pandemic future.

At the end of 2020, Members of the Fifth Senedd nominated Champions from their constituencies or regions whom they felt deserved recognition for their hard work and commitment.