Grace Davidson

Grace Davidson (soprano) learned both the piano and the violin as a child, but it was singing that she loved best. She won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, and gained her degree and postgraduate artist diploma. In 2016 Grace was appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

Since then, she has worked as a soloist with leading Baroque ensembles, under the direction of such luminaries as Sir John Eliot Gardner, Paul McCreesh, Philippe Herreweghe and Harry Christophers.

Her discography includes recordings with The Sixteen, including Handel’s Jeptha (as Angel), Dixit Dominus, Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 and the Lutheran Masses of Bach. On Radio 3’s Building a Library, her singing in Fauré’s Requiem left critic Richard Morrison to conclude that “Grace Davidson’s Pie Jesu is matchless”.

Grace has attracted many of the leading contemporary composers to write for her, most notably Max Richter, who chose her as the solo singer for many of his works, such as Sleep.  Her solo recordings include a disc of sacred solo cantatas with the Academy of Ancient Music and John Dowland: First Booke of Songes Or Ayres with lutenist David Miller.