Although he specializes in baroque singing, countertenor Iestyn Davies MBE FRAM
– born in York, England on September 16, 1979 - has an extensive repertoire that
he has developed throughout the world. When he was young, he studied piano and
recorder with his father Ioan Davies, who was a member of the Fitzwilliam
Quartet. At the age of eight, Iestyn Davies joined Cambridge’s St. John’s
College choir as a soprano, eventually learning to sing countertenor while
attending Wells Cathedral School. In 2004, he won the Audience Prize at the
London Handel Singing Competition and then was ...