Helen Davies was born in Southport, Lancs. She was accepted as a piano pupil of Bruno Seidlhofer at the Academy of Music in Vienna at the age of eleven and studied there for six years. Subsequently she continued her studies with Gordon Green for piano and Clifton Helliwell for accompaniment at the Royal Manchester College of Music, winning several of the College's major prizes and medals.

Her first appointment was as County Pianist to the West Riding Education Authority. She worked there until her marriage to violinist Edward Davies. They have three sons, two of whom are professional musicians.

Helen has a busy career as a soloist, accompanist, chamber musician and teacher. She has accompanied master-classes at the Britten-Pears School, been resident pianist at Summer schools and official accompanist at several International Competitions, notably the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in Port Erin, Isle of Man.

This association has led to recitals and broadcasts with some of the world's finest violists. She has given recitals on Radio 3 and has appeared in many TV programmes on S4C, Channel 4 and BBC1. She has also recorded background music for plays and documentaries on BBC2 and S4C.

She regularly gives recitals with her husband Edward and eldest son Harvey and more recently formed the Davies Horn Trio with Edward and younger son, Laurence, Principal Horn in the Philharmonia. She is also a member of the Lydian Trio, the Maurizi Ensemble and has worked with Ensemble Cymru.

Helen and Harvey have recently released three CDs on the ASC label, which have all received favourable reviews.