Grace Davidson (born 29 November 1977) is an English soprano from London who specialises in the performance of historically informed music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
[1][2][3] She has also recorded for prominent contemporary composers such as Max Richter,[4] Eric Whitacre,[5] Michael Price,[6] and Paul Mealor,[7] and has performed on over 140 soundtracks to date.
[8] Highlights include solos on The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (Howard Shore, 2015),[9] Over The Moon (Michael Price, 2020),[10] Gunpowder Milkshake (Frank Ilfman, 2021)[11] and The Last Duel (Harry Gregson Williams, 2021).
[13] While training for a year as a chef at Prue Leith's School of Food and Wine in 1998,[14] Davidson auditioned for London’s Royal Academy of Music and was awarded a scholarship to study there with Beatrice Unsworth and Jonathan Papp.
[24] In 2015 Max Richter chose Davidson to be the singer on his epic venture, Sleep, a piece lasting eight hours that premiered live overnight on BBC Radio 3 from the Wellcome Collection on Euston Road, London on 17 September 2015.
Her tone was warm and pure and her gently beseeching delivery was just right.” – John Quinn, Seen and Heard International, CBSO Performance[64] “...absolutely gorgeous singing – object lessons in understatement and poise – from both Grace Davidson and William Gaunt.