Born in Rhymney, Iestyn Harding studied the trombone with Simon Wills and Eric Crees at the Guildhall School of Music.  Whilst employed by Caerphilly Music Service, he continued his studies, eventually being awarded a PhD by Bristol University.

 

Iestyn’s music has been performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Cory Band, COMA, Endymion, Four Counties Youth Orchestra, IXION, Okeanos, the Schubert Ensemble, the Rhymney Silurian Male Choir, Welsh Sinfonia and most recently, Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra.

 

A prize winner of the British Trombone Society Composition Competition (2012), Iestyn’s music was also selected in the top three entries of the Cory Band Composition Prize (2016).