Brent Arnold, cellist and composer. Studied with violinist Michael White (Pharoah Sanders, John Handy) and cellist Walter Grey (Kronos Quartet). Solo cello & electronics and music for concert, theater, film, dance. Founding member of Ghost Quartet with Dave Malloy, Gelsey Bell, and Brittain Ashford. Music Director & Conductor for Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s Candyman performances. Composer for films including The Saint of the Impossible (dir. Marc Wilkins). Played/collaborated with artists including Jim Jarmusch, The Antlers, Ashwini Ramaswami, Drew McDowall, Filastine, Walid Ben Selim, Randall Dunn, Zola Jesus, Arun Ramamurthy, Jessica Pavone, DJ/rupture, Andrew Drury, Aditya Kalyanpur, Eyvind Kang, Jessika Kenney, Wally Shoup, Reggie Watts, Steve Von Till, Ben Copperhead, and many more. Currently resides in New York City.
2023:
Completing composition & orchestrations for Ali, an opera in collaboration with Grey Filastine, Walid Ben Salim, Ricard Soler, Ali Abdi Omar, conducted by Michiel Delanghe, for April 2024 premiere at La Monnaie, Brussels.
Finishing new album More Light, produced by Randall Dunn and featuring special guests Gelsey Bell, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Eyvind Kang, Jessica Pavone, Joshua Modney, Alaina Ferris, Mark Dover, Finnegan Shanahan.
Artist-in-residence at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NY, November 2023