Gwenllian Davies is from Pembrokeshire and was lucky to learn oboe with the county music peripatetic service. She read music at Jesus College, Oxford then went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for a postgraduate in orchestral playing.
She worked in Italy for three years as the Cor Anglais player in Teatro Marrucino Opera Orchestra in Abruzzo. Now she freelances with several orchestras in Britain including the BBC Concert Orchestra.
When not making reeds she enjoys walking in Crystal Palace Park and learning languages. She is currently learning Serbian.