5–9 July 2008
Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany. programs to include György Kurtág: Kafka Fragments, György Kurtág: The Sayings of Peter Bornemisza.

15–25 July 2008
SoundSCAPE Festival, Pavia, Italy.

November 1, 2008
Library of Congress

October 9, 2008
Messiaen Festival in Chicago

November 1, 2008
Library of Congress Recital
Coolidge Auditorium

November 2, 2008
Duke University, 8PM

November 20, 2008
Jason Eckardt premier
at Miller Theater
Columbia University

January 24, 2009
Kafka Fragments
Concord, MA

January 28, 2009
Kafka Fragments
Merkin Hall, New York City

February 18, 2009
Eastman Musica Nova

February 26, 2009
ICE at Tank

March 10, 2009
Sequitur: Gabriela Frank

March 15, 2009
Dilijan (L.A.) Shostakovich

March 19, 2009
Classes at Eastman School of Music

March 30, 2009
Eastman Wind Ensemble: Liptak

April 4, 2009
Dayton Philharmonic: St. John Passion

April 16, 2009
ICE Xenakis in Boston

May 28, 2009
ICE at Tank

June 4, 2009
ICE Xenakis in Chicago

Soprano Tony Arnold was thrust into the international spotlight when she became the first vocalist ever to win First Prize in the Gaudeamus International Interpreters Competition Holland). On the heels of that triumph, Ms. Arnold took First Prize at the 15th McMahon International Music Competiton (USA). Ms. Arnold's recent work has focused on some of the most innovative composers of our time, including György Ligeti, Thomas Adès, Luciano Berio, György Kurtag, George Crumb, Bernard Rands, Elliott Carter, and Oliver Knussen.

Tony Arnold's recording of George Crumb's "Ancient Voices of Children" (Bridge) was nominated for a 2006 Grammy award and was followed by a series of critically acclaimed recordings, including Elliott Carter's "Of Challenge and of Love" (Bridge); George Crumb's "Madrigals" (Bridge); Luciano Berio's Sequenza (Naxos); Milton Babbitt's "Quatrains" (Bridge); Stefan Wolpe's "Early Songs" (Bridge); and Tania Leon's "Singin' Sepia" (Bridge). Her upcoming recording of Gyorgy Kurtag's "Kafka Fragments" features a a filmed segment with the composer. Ms. Arnold is currently Professor of Voice at The State University of New York at Buffalo.

"The radiant soprano Tony Arnold was the soloist. Arnold gathered the ecstatic music in the pure shining arc of her singing, sustaining long phrases in the vocal stratosphere."
~ Jon von Rhein, Chicago Tribune

"From the first notes of Crumb's 'Three Early Songs,' Tony Arnold's phenomenal talent was apparent."
~ Washington Post

"Ms. Arnold has a very strong theatrical presence and a beautiful big voice. Her sublime technique gave a feeling of brilliant spaciousness in gorgeously suspended phrases."
~ De Telegraaf (Netherlands)

Recordings by Tony on Bridge:

BRIDGE 9218: George Crumb Edition - Volume 10

BRIDGE 9135: Milton Babbitt - Quatrains, My Ends are My Beginnings, Soli e Duettini, Manifold Music, Swan Song No. 1

BRIDGE 9170: Complete George Crumb Edition - Volume 9

BRIDGE 9209: Stefan Wolpe - Dr. Einstein's Address about Peace in the Atomic Era and Songs

BRIDGE 9231: Tania León - Singin' Sepia