Jodie Devos was a versatile soprano whose performances and recordings often featured unusual repertory. She was the second prize winner at the 2014 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium. Tragically, her promising career was cut short by cancer.
Devos was born in Libramont-Chevigny, Belgium, on October 10, 1988. When she was five, her parents signed her up for a choral singing class in nearby Neufchâteau and noticed that she greatly enjoyed it. That class focused on popular songs, but Devos was later exposed to classical music when she began taking ballet lessons. She studied...