Hestor Dart

Hestor Dart is a singer, musician and maker with an interest in expansive and ugly sound, traditional crafts and collaborative practice. Some current obsessions include weaving songs, trash music and the tale of True Thomas.

Their debut EP meet(me) is available here.

Upcoming performances can be found here.

Hestor made their debut on the alternative opera stage at the 2019 Grimeborn Festival, in Verity Lane’s The Crane. In January 2022 they created the role of Elem in Edward Jessen’s sonic theatre work, Syllable. Hestor is an avid participant in the creation of new work, collaborating with various composers including Rufus Isabel Elliot, CN Lester, Josh Kaye and Nneka Cummins.

Hestor is a founding member of The Ruffians, a new music collective with a taste for the experimental and the absurd. They are also a member or Vox Urbane, a vocal ensemble led by Helen Meyerhoff and Dan Ludford-Thomas, which launched in April 2023. In 2024 Hestor co-created the duo loomeweight with Patricia Auchterlonie.

Hestor graduated with an MMus distinction from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in 2023, where they were the recipient of the Linda Hirst Award for excellence in contemporary music. An archive of their final recital, entitled Filth, can be found here.

In 2023-24 Hestor was one of six participants in the inaugural VOICEBOX programme, delivered by Juliet Fraser in partnership with Britten Pears Arts; City, University of London; Sound Festival and Hawkwood College.