Predrag Gosta
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Predrag Gosta (born 14 January 1972 in Belgrade
, Serbia
) is a Serbian-American conductor
and harpsichordist
.. He is the Artistic Director
of an early music ensemble, baroque orchestra and choir New Trinity Baroque
, based in Atlanta, United States
, the Music Director
and conductor of the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre
in Snellville (near Atlanta), and the President of the international early music society Early Music Network
. From 1991 until 1996 he was the Artistic Director of the Studio for Early Music Belgrade and the Belgrade International Early Music Festival. Between 2008 and 2009 he was the Assistant Conductor of the National Philharmonic in Washington, D.C.
. Since 2010 he is the President of the Makris Foundation in Washington D.C. He is also an Artistic Advisor and U.S. Director of Peter the Great Music Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia
.
Gosta was born in Belgrade
, Serbia
, and was educated at the Belgrade Music Academy, London
's Trinity College of Music
, and Georgia State University
in Atlanta. He has recorded several critically acclaimed CDs, including recording of Henry Purcell
's opera Dido and Aeneas
with British soprano Evelyn Tubb
. Other musicians he collaborated with include British violinist John Holloway
, Baroque harpist Andrew Lawrence-King
, lutenists Anthony Rooley
and Michael Fields
, the Dutch recorder virtuoso Marion Verbruggen
, British harpsichordist Steven Devine, Polish mezzo-soprano Magdalena Wór and others. He was the affiliate guest lecturer at Georgia State University
, and choir professor and artist-in-residence at Oxford College of Emory University
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
) is a Serbian-American conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
and harpsichordist
Harpsichordist
A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord.Many baroque composers played the harpsichord, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, George Frideric Handel, François Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau...
.. He is the Artistic Director
Artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...
of an early music ensemble, baroque orchestra and choir New Trinity Baroque
New Trinity Baroque
New Trinity Baroque is an orchestra with an associated chamber choir, specialised in baroque music played on period instruments. It was founded in 1998 in London but is now based in Atlanta, USA...
, based in Atlanta, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, the Music Director
Music director
A music director may be the director of an orchestra, the director of music for a film, the director of music at a radio station, the head of the music department in a school, the co-ordinator of the musical ensembles in a university or college , the head bandmaster of a military band, the head...
and conductor of the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre
Gwinnett Ballet Theatre
Gwinnett Ballet Theatre is a ballet company in Snellville, Gwinnett County, Georgia . The artistic director is Lisa Sheppard Robson, and the music director and conductor is Predrag Gosta...
in Snellville (near Atlanta), and the President of the international early music society Early Music Network
Early Music Network
Early Music Network is an international early music society. Its stated mission is: "To support and promote early music and historical performance by providing information and services which would benefit and help early music organizations, ensembles and solo musicians Early Music Network is an...
. From 1991 until 1996 he was the Artistic Director of the Studio for Early Music Belgrade and the Belgrade International Early Music Festival. Between 2008 and 2009 he was the Assistant Conductor of the National Philharmonic in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
. Since 2010 he is the President of the Makris Foundation in Washington D.C. He is also an Artistic Advisor and U.S. Director of Peter the Great Music Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
Gosta was born in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, and was educated at the Belgrade Music Academy, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
's Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
, and Georgia State University
Georgia State University
Georgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities...
in Atlanta. He has recorded several critically acclaimed CDs, including recording of Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
's opera Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas is an opera in a prologue and three acts by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. The first known performance was at Josias Priest's girls' school in London no later than the summer of 1688. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid...
with British soprano Evelyn Tubb
Evelyn Tubb
Soprano Evelyn Tubb is a long-time member of The Consort of Musicke and one of the world's greatest early music specialists, known for her innovative and original performances. She originally comes from the Isle of Wight and studied piano, trumpet, violin and singing...
. Other musicians he collaborated with include British violinist John Holloway
John Holloway (musician)
John Holloway is a British baroque violinist and conductor, currently based in Dresden, Germany. John Holloway is a pioneer of the early music movement....
, Baroque harpist Andrew Lawrence-King
Andrew Lawrence-King
Andrew Lawrence-King is a harpist and early music specialist, and is currently the director of The Harp Consort...
, lutenists Anthony Rooley
Anthony Rooley
Anthony Rooley is a British lutenist. He founded in 1969 and directs the early music ensemble the Consort of Musicke, which continues to be one of the chief vehicles for his inspiration, among many other activities and interests...
and Michael Fields
Michael Fields (musician)
Michael Fields is a British lute and theorbo player. Born in Hawaii, USA. The song of the surf and the rhythm of ukeleles made a lasting impression on him. His musical journey began from playing folk, rock and jazz in California and Australia...
, the Dutch recorder virtuoso Marion Verbruggen
Marion Verbruggen
Marion Verbruggen is a Dutch recorder player and teacher. Verbruggen was born in Amsterdam and studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory. She then studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Frans Brüggen....
, British harpsichordist Steven Devine, Polish mezzo-soprano Magdalena Wór and others. He was the affiliate guest lecturer at Georgia State University
Georgia State University
Georgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities...
, and choir professor and artist-in-residence at Oxford College of Emory University
Oxford College of Emory University
Oxford College is a two-year residential college specializing in the foundations of liberal arts education, and is one of nine divisions of Emory University. The college is located on Emory University's original 1836 campus in Oxford, Georgia, 38 miles east of the main Atlanta campus...
Discography
| Album | Orchestra/Ensemble | Soloist(s) | Label | Discs | Release Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe... : Concertos |
New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque is an orchestra with an associated chamber choir, specialised in baroque music played on period instruments. It was founded in 1998 in London but is now based in Atlanta, USA... |
Carrie Krause, Daniela Giulia Pierson, Michael Fields Michael Fields (musician) Michael Fields is a British lute and theorbo player. Born in Hawaii, USA. The song of the surf and the rhythm of ukeleles made a lasting impression on him. His musical journey began from playing folk, rock and jazz in California and Australia... , André Laurent O'Neil, Christina Babich Rosser |
Edition Lilac Edition Lilac Edition Lilac is an independent record label formed in 2004. It specializes in early music and historically informed performances.... |
1 | 2010 |
| Handel George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music... : Arias |
New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque is an orchestra with an associated chamber choir, specialised in baroque music played on period instruments. It was founded in 1998 in London but is now based in Atlanta, USA... |
Leif Aruhn-Solén | Edition Lilac Edition Lilac Edition Lilac is an independent record label formed in 2004. It specializes in early music and historically informed performances.... |
1 | 2010 |
| Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.-Biography:Born at Iesi, Pergolesi studied music there under a local musician, Francesco Santini, before going to Naples in 1725, where he studied under Gaetano Greco and Francesco Feo among others... : Stabat Mater Stabat Mater Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Roman Catholic hymn to Mary. It has been variously attributed to the Franciscan Jacopone da Todi and to Innocent III... |
New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque is an orchestra with an associated chamber choir, specialised in baroque music played on period instruments. It was founded in 1998 in London but is now based in Atlanta, USA... |
Evelyn Tubb Evelyn Tubb Soprano Evelyn Tubb is a long-time member of The Consort of Musicke and one of the world's greatest early music specialists, known for her innovative and original performances. She originally comes from the Isle of Wight and studied piano, trumpet, violin and singing... , Terry Barber Terry Barber Terry Barber is an American countertenor. He is the lead vocalist for Adiemus Vocalise and New Trinity Baroque ensembles and a past member of Chanticleer... |
Edition Lilac Edition Lilac Edition Lilac is an independent record label formed in 2004. It specializes in early music and historically informed performances.... |
1 | 2008 |
| Carissimi Giacomo Carissimi Giacomo Carissimi was an Italian composer, one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque, or, more accurately, the Roman School of music.-Biography:... : Oratorios Jonas and Jephte Jephté Jephté is an opera by the French composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts . The libretto, by the Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, is based on the Biblical story of Jephtha... |
New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque is an orchestra with an associated chamber choir, specialised in baroque music played on period instruments. It was founded in 1998 in London but is now based in Atlanta, USA... , Oxford Chorale |
Julia Matthews, Kevin Sutton | Edition Lilac Edition Lilac Edition Lilac is an independent record label formed in 2004. It specializes in early music and historically informed performances.... |
1 | 2007 |
| Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier, , was a French composer of the Baroque era.Exceptionally prolific and versatile, he produced compositions of the highest quality in several genres... : Messe de minuit / Handel George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music... : Organ Concertos |
New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque is an orchestra with an associated chamber choir, specialised in baroque music played on period instruments. It was founded in 1998 in London but is now based in Atlanta, USA... , Canterbury Choir |
Brad Hughley, Elizabeth Packard Arnold, Magdalena Wór, Brent Runnels, Patrick Newell | Edition Lilac Edition Lilac Edition Lilac is an independent record label formed in 2004. It specializes in early music and historically informed performances.... |
1 | 2005 |
| Purcell Henry Purcell Henry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music... : Dido and Aeneas Dido and Aeneas Dido and Aeneas is an opera in a prologue and three acts by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. The first known performance was at Josias Priest's girls' school in London no later than the summer of 1688. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid... |
New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque is an orchestra with an associated chamber choir, specialised in baroque music played on period instruments. It was founded in 1998 in London but is now based in Atlanta, USA... |
Evelyn Tubb Evelyn Tubb Soprano Evelyn Tubb is a long-time member of The Consort of Musicke and one of the world's greatest early music specialists, known for her innovative and original performances. She originally comes from the Isle of Wight and studied piano, trumpet, violin and singing... , Thomas Meglioranza Thomas Meglioranza Thomas Meglioranza is an American operatic baritone.Meglioranza was born to an American father of Italian-Polish descent and a Thai mother. Meglioranza grew up in the northern New Jersey towns of Teaneck and Wayne. He began taking voice lessons at Grinnell College, and earned a MM from the Eastman... , Julia Matthews, Elizabeth Packard Arnold, Allison A. Brown, Terry Barber Terry Barber Terry Barber is an American countertenor. He is the lead vocalist for Adiemus Vocalise and New Trinity Baroque ensembles and a past member of Chanticleer... , Kevin Sutton, Brad Fugate |
Edition Lilac Edition Lilac Edition Lilac is an independent record label formed in 2004. It specializes in early music and historically informed performances.... |
1 | 2004 |
| Trio Sonatas & Chaconnas | New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque is an orchestra with an associated chamber choir, specialised in baroque music played on period instruments. It was founded in 1998 in London but is now based in Atlanta, USA... |
EMN Early Music Network Early Music Network is an international early music society. Its stated mission is: "To support and promote early music and historical performance by providing information and services which would benefit and help early music organizations, ensembles and solo musicians Early Music Network is an... |
1 | 2003 |