Toni Gibson
Featured in our Summer 2013 Issue
Official Biography
Toni Gibson hails from Wellington New Zealand.
The twenty-year-old singing sensation who has been in development since she first started singing at the age of 7.
Gibson who first caught the eye of star-maker Gray Bartlett when she made her first recording at the tender age of 12 said this of the young rising star, “Every now and then a truly magical artist comes along to completely sweep you off your feet, with their talent! For me, I never thought I would find another artist as inspiring as Hayley Westenra, but I have and her name is Toni Gibson. This young lady is remarkable and with incredible emotive understanding in her singing! All around the world, Toni is getting an amazing reaction. Her first 4 concerts in New Zealand were simply magical standing ovations! Toni Gibson will take you on a wonderful musical journey like no other and is a name to remember!”
Toni has released a number of EP CD’s, won numerous competitions, performed live in various concerts and theatrical productions and has appeared on national TV.
In 2013 Toni released her first Debut Album ‘Echo in My Soul’ and was awarded ‘Top Female Artist’ for the New Zealand VAC AWARDS.
Managing Director of Fanfare Records Australia, Robert Rigby said, “I first saw Toni perform live in Tauranga in front of a small group of music lovers in a wonderful church setting. Her voice was angelic and she received standing ovations from the audience. I knew then that this was a special young talent. We believe she has the potential to be a worldwide star in the classical crosser music scene. She has the most extraordinary voice I’ve heard in a very long time”