Emily Thorner

International "ultra-soprano" (Second Inversion, WA, USA) and "new music rising star" (The Stranger, WA, USA) known for her non-standard voice and range that breaks soprano stereotypes,

Emily Thorner is rapidly making her mark in contemporary music, and resides in Stuttgart, Germany. Known for her command of stratospheric high notes, Ms. Thorner is highly sought-after for world premieres due to her unusual range and fearless virtuosity. In Spring and Summer 2019, she can be heard at the Acht Brücken festival in Cologne (on WDR radio), Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme at Snape Maltings in the UK, Seattle singing a world premiere with Kin of the Moon, Gladbeck, Germany performing with the Duisberg Philharmonic and Chorwerk Ruhr for the Ruhrtiennale festival, Donaueschingen Festival (DE) and in Italy, singing as the Soprano Soloist for "Hotel Paradiso" by Benedict Mason with TransArt under the baton of Clement Power.

Additionally, she has also performed in Boston and New York for a double performance of Rumpelstiltskin with Guerilla Opera, which has been recorded for Navona Records, the classical label of PARMA records. In 2018-2020, she will make appearances in Boston, New York, Ohio, North Carolina, Seattle, and Austria. Ms. Thorner recently was one of only two vocalists during the Bang on a Can New Music Festival and sang at Impuls Festival in Graz, Austria. She is the second-prize winner of The 2019 North International Music Competition and has been invited to sing in the Aldeburgh Festival in the UK in 2020 and Splice Festival in Ohio, USA. She was also the first soprano in twenty years to take part in the new music course of the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, where she premiered "The Stars Emerge" by Alex Woolf. Upcoming world premieres written for her voice and collaborations with composers include Julianna Hall (USA), Max Hundelshausen (DE), Alex Mills (UK), James Joslin (UK), Anthony Leigh Dunstan (Netherlands), Martyna Kosecka (Norway/Poland), and Rita Ueda (Canada).

A featured soloist with Sound Icon in Boston, she recorded the US premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's Frage, known for its impossibly high tessitura of over twenty-two high F's and beyond. Past collaborations include: recording choir Vox Futura, the Grammy award-winning Hans Zimmer International Tour, New Hampshire Music Festival, Hub New Music, Boston Musica Viva, and Sound Energy at the New Music Gathering.