Gwenno Saunders

****Gwenno** Mererid Saunders** (an haife ta a ranar 23 ga watan Mayu shekara ta 1981) mawaƙiya ce ta Welsh-Cornish  , wacce aka fi sani da Gwenno . Ta fito da kundi uku da aka yaba da su  a matsayin mai zane-zane: wanda ya lashe Kyautar Kiɗa ta Welsh Y Dydd Olaf (2014);  Le Kov (2018), kundi na farko a Cornish; da Tresor (2022), wanda aka jera don Kyautar Mercury . 

Ta kuma kasance mawaƙa a cikin ƙungiyar indie pop da Pipettes, wanda Pitchfork ya bayyana We Are the Pipettes a matsayin "kundin indie-pop na zamani".

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Saunders a Cardiff .  Ita 'yar mawaki ne kuma masanin harshe na Cornish Tim Saunders  da Lyn Mererid, wanda mai fafutuka ne kuma memba na ƙungiyar mawaƙa Côr Cochion Caerdydd kuma yana aiki a matsayin mai fassara.  Lokacin da ta girma, mahaifinta yana magana da harshen Cornish; mahaifiyarta tana magana da harshen Welsh.

Tun tana 'yar shekara biyar ta halarci Kwalejin Seán Éireann-McMahon na Irish Dance  kuma ta kasance memba ne na Michael Flatley na Lord of the Dance  da Feet of Flames tun tana 'yar shekaru 17, tana taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin samar da Las Vegas na tsohon. A shekara ta 2001 ta taka rawa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na sabulu na Welsh *Pobol da Cwm* a kan S4C, wanda daga baya za ta dauki bakuncin shirin nata na *Ydy Gwenno'n Gallu...?* Tana da ƙwarewa a cikin Welsh da Cornish. A ranar 18 ga Afrilu 2019 ta gabatar da "Songs from the Edgelands", wani shirin game da waƙoƙi a cikin harsunan 'yan tsiraru a BBC Radio 4. 

## Ayyukan kiɗa

### Farkon aiki (2002-2010)
In the years before she joined the Pipettes, she had been a solo electropop singer, mostly in the Welsh and Cornish languages, releasing two solo EPs, *Môr Hud* (2002) and *Vodya* (2004). Saunders represented Cornwall in the Liet International song contest, 2003, and won the People's Choice Award for her performance of "Vodya". In December 2004 Gwenno filmed the song "Ysolt y'nn Gweinten" by Celtic Legend for Classic FM TV. It is claimed to be the first video produced in the Cornish language, the text having been written by her father Tim Saunders with music by Cornish composer and ex Gary Numan keyboard player Chris John Payne.

Gwenno ta shiga Pipettes a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2005 bayan wanda ya kafa Julia ya bar. Ta fi shahara da muryarta a kan "Pull Shapes" da kuma mawaƙa na "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me". Daga baya ta wallafa kayan solo a shafinta na MySpace kuma ta yi saukewa kyauta na ƙaramin kundi mai taken *U & I* a watan Oktoba 2007. A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2008, 'yar uwar Gwenno Ani ta shiga Pipettes, bayan tashiwar mawaƙa Rosay da RiotBecki. Ani yanzu kuma ya saki kiɗa tare da ƙungiyar The Lovely Wars da solo a ƙarƙashin sunan Ani Glass .

### Ayyukan kansa (2010-yanzu)
Gwenno ta yi tafiya a matsayin mai kunnawa tare da Pnau da Elton John a shekarar 2012. 

A watan Yunin 2012, Saunders ya fitar da EP na Welsh guda biyar, *Ymbelydredd*, wanda ke samuwa a kan cassettes da aka fentin hannu a kan Peski Records . 

Gwenno ya bayyana a cikin kundin The Boy Least Likely To na 2013 The Great Perhaps, yana ba da gudummawa ga waƙar "It Could Have Been Me".

Ta fito da kundi na farko na solo, yaren Welsh Y Dydd Olaf, a watan Oktoba 2014 a kan Peski Records .  A watan Mayu 2015 Gwenno ta sanya hannu a Heavenly Recordings . Alamar ta sake fitar da kundi na farko a watan Yulin. Kundin ya lashe kyautar Welsh mafi kyau a 2015 National Eisteddfod  kuma a watan Nuwamba 2015 ya lashe Kyautar Kiɗa ta Welsh ta 2014-2015. 

Gwenno kuma ta hada kai da kuma shirya wani shirin rediyo na Welsh a gidan rediyo na Cardiff mai taken "Cam O'r Tywyllwch" ("A Step Away from the Darkness") tare da abokan aikinta na Peski Records .  Har ila yau, ƙungiyar ta kasance a bayan bikin kiɗa na CAM '15 a Cardiff, wanda ya faru a watan Afrilu na 2015 kuma ya nuna wasan kwaikwayo na farko a cikin shekaru 20 ta hanyar waƙoƙin Welsh post-punk.

Ta fitar da kundi na biyu na solo Le Kov a cikin 2018, wanda ya kasance kundin harshe na Cornish. Ya ta'allaka ne akan jigogi na "gwagwarmayar Kernewek [harshen Cornish] da kuma damuwar ganuwar al'adun Cornish a matsayin ra'ayoyin wani wuri mara lokaci da kuma yanayin da ba shi da tabbas sau da yawa yana rikici da gaskiyar matsanancin talauci da tattalin arziki da ya lalace ta hanyar buƙatun yawon bude ido. " Kundin ya ga Gwenno yawon shakatawa da kuma jagorantar a Turai da Ostiraliya, kuma tallafawa ayyukan kamar Suede da Manic Street Preachers, tare da ita ta sake yin rikodin waƙar waƙar "Spectators of Suicide a cikin ƙungiyar Welsh". Nasarar wasan kwaikwayon "Tir Ha Mor" a Daga baya...  tare da Jools Holland ya haifar da tattaunawa mai zurfi game da yanayin harshen Cornish tare da Michael Portillo, Jon Snow, da Nina Nannar. An kira Le Kov daya daga cikin mafi kyawun kundin 2018 ta *The Guardian*, Uncut da *Mojo* . 

Kundin sa na uku na solo Tresor, kuma kundin yaren Cornish, ya fito ne a ranar 1 ga Yulin 2022 a kan Heavenly Recordings .  Mata marubuta da masu zane-zane masu iko kamar Ithell Colquhoun, mawaki na harshen Cornish Phoebe Proctor, Maya Deren da Monica Sjöö ne suka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi, Tresor ra'ayi ne mai zurfi game da kwarewar ciki ta mata, na gida da sha'awa, wani abu mai ban mamaki na rayuwa da aka rayu kuma bayyana ta hanyar Cornish. A ranar 26 ga watan Yulin, Tresor ya zama kundi na farko na Gwenno da za a zaba don Kyautar Mercury,  kuma BBC Radio 6 Music ta kira shi daya daga cikin kundin shekara. 

## Tasirin al'adu
A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2015, an gina babban mural na Saunders a bangon Clwb Ifor Bach a kan titin Womanby a tsakiyar birnin Cardiff.

A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2018, Hukumar Harshen Cornish ta yi iƙirarin cewa kundin Saunders na Le Kov ya ba da gudummawa ga karuwar kashi 15% a cikin yawan mutanen da ke yin jarrabawar harshen Cornish a lokacin 2018. 

Wales Arts Review ya haɗa da kundi biyu na Gwenno a cikin jerin sunayen su na 2021 na manyan kundin Welsh na kowane lokaci: Le Kov a 18  da Y Dydd Olaf a 64. 

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Saunders ta auri mawaƙi kuma furodusa Rhys Edwards, wanda ke bayan aikin Jakokoyak,  kuma suna da 'ya'ya biyu.

Saunders is a supporter of Welsh independence. She has said: "What if there are other ways of co-existing? What if we can organise ourselves differently? There is an innate anarchy to art and an absolute potential in utilising it for the good whilst imagining better futures. We want to continue a conversation about an inclusive self-determination by drawing on our past, embracing our neighbours across the UK and the world with open arms, whilst also making sure that we're singing along to the best possible tune". She was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh in 2019 for "services to the Cornish language through music and the media".

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