| Biography | Michael Chance CBE (born 7 March 1955 in Penn, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English countertenor.
Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing up as a chorister at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, attending the St George's School, he went on to Eton and later King's College, Cambridge.
He took part in the project of Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir to record the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. |