Anthony Arnone
Cello Professor, University of Iowa
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Cellist Anthony Arnone, a native of Honolulu, received
his bachelor of music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music
where he studied with Colin Carr. He left graduate studies with Bonnie
Hampton at the San Francisco Conservatory to accept a position with the
Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, France, where he remained for 2 years,
continuing his studies with Paul and Maude Tortelier.
He returned to the US to complete his master’s degree in conducting at Wichita State University as well as becoming a founding member of the Meridien Trio and later the Sedgewick String Quartet which performed regularly at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston. Before coming to the University of Iowa, Mr. Arnone was Professor of Cello and Conducting at Ripon College in Ripon, WI and was the principal cellist of the Madison Symphony from 1997-2002. During the summer, Mr. Arnone teaches, conducts, and performs at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, NC, and the Stony Brook Summer Music Festival in New York. He and his fiancé Hannah, new cellist of the Maia String Quartet, have recently started the Iowa Cello Society. |
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