Music Director Arnie Roth is a Grammy-winning artist known for his work with world-class performers including Andrea Bocelli, Peter Cetera, Charlotte Church, Art Garfunkel, Il Divo, The Irish Tenors, Jewel, Mannheim Steamroller, Branford Marsalis, Luciano Pavarotti, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Rod Stewart. Roth has conducted many of the most renowned orchestras of the world including the London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Czech National Philharmonic Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, and the Sydney Symphony.

Maestro Roth is a legend in the world of video game music for his work with Nobuo Uematsu and SQUARE ENIX as music director and conductor of the global phenomenon Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY and its predecessors Dear Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY, More Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY, and VOICES: music from FINAL FANTASY. He is also the Music Director of other great SQUARE ENIX tours including the NieR:Orchestra Concert series.

As a composer, Arnie Roth was the winner of the Best Score Award at the 2003 DVD Premier Awards for his score for the film Barbie™ as Rapunzel and was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for his original song “Shine” from the movie Barbie™ in The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Roth has produced dozens of best selling CDs. For more information, visit www.awrmusic.com.