Grace Davidson(II)

Grace grew up in London in a house whose hallway was entirely filled by a grand piano which was being stored for a friend of the family - music was physically unavoidable. She learned the piano and the violin but it was singing that she loved best. Taken to 'Cats' when she was three years old she sang along throughout or, rather, whenever her mother's hand wasn't clamped over her mouth. And it was her singing that won her a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where she won the Early Music prize. Since then she has worked as a soloist with leading Baroque ensembles, under the batons of Sir John Eliot Gardner, Paul McCreesh, Philippe Herreweghe and Harry Christophers. Her film discography includes vocals on over 100 film soundtracks, plus a decade of recordings with The Sixteen, many of which feature her as soloist - Handel's Jeptha (as Angel), Dixit Dominus, Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, Pianto della Madonna, Acis and Galatea (as Galatea) and the Lutheran Masses of Bach. On Radio Three's Building a Library, her singing in Faure's Requiem (with the London Symphony Orchestra and Tenebrae, Nigel Short conducting) was reviewed by Richard Morrison quite simply: Grace Davidson's Pie Jesu is matchless".

Having now recorded vocals for over 100 film soundtracks, Grace's purity of tone has attracted many of the leading contemporary composers to write for her, most notably Max Richter, who chose her as the solo singer to record and perform many of his works, such as Voices, Woolfworks & Sleep. This piece - lasting all night - has now been performed all over the world, including The Sydney opera House and a performance in 2019 on the Great Wall of China.

Grace regularly performs Howard Shore's score for The Lord Of The Rings Live, with future performances planned in Denmark.