PREDRAG GOSTA
CONDUCTOR, HARPSICHORDIST, ORGANIST & BARITONE
ABOUT
An artist of dynamic temperament and impeccable expression...
Radio Television Belgrade
Predrag Gosta is considered among one of the most multifaceted conductors of his generation. He has appeared at concerts and festivals in the USA and Mexico, England, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Bulgaria Serbia and Croatia, among others, and has conducted renowned orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra in Moscow, the St. Petersburg State Capella "Glinka", the National Philharmonic in Washington DC, and many more. He also appeared at opera houses in Europe and the USA.
Gosta is the founder and artistic director of the acclaimed period instrument ensemble New Trinity Baroque, the New Belgrade Opera, the Makris Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre in Atlanta. He has over a dozen CD recordings to his credit, including two with the London Symphony Orchestra - the premiere release of orchestral works by the Greek-American composer Andreas Makris, and the recording of Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances and Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". He also leads the Belgrade Baroque Academy and the Belgrade Early Music Festival. He served on the faculty of the Oxford College of Emory University in Atlanta and is currently a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford.
Winner of the
2017 Best Classical Performance Award
Musica Classica
Magazine
"...Predrag Gosta takes a renegade tact, dusting off obscure scores and... finding life in them."
Gramophone
"...Clean singing from the choir, and impeccable work from the 13-piece band... Predrag Gosta shows good musical instincts, and, unlike some period performers, you feel he’s willing to depart from the strict letter of the score if they lead him that way..."
Opera (UK)
"Skillfully, passionately performed… Exuberant and exactingly prepared…"
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"...the most satisfying concert of this classical holiday season — a model for how to do it..."
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (USA)
"...Dirigent Predrag Gosta dirigiert Mozarts Frühwerk leichtfüssig und so klug ausgehorcht, dass man die Ohren gar nicht tief genug in den Orchestergraben hineinstecken kann. Das Sinfonieorchester Biel Solothurn nimmt Gostas Ideen begeistert auf..."
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
(Switzerland)
"...in addition to the musical skill of Maestro Gosta, he is a talented teacher who is knowledgeable about his field. He is also a great schmoozer who is approachable and affable."
Mark Gresham /
Atlanta Music Critic (USA)
