1. Predrag Gosta is a Serbian-American conductor, harpsichordist, and baritone.
16 Facts About Predrag Gosta
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Predrag Gosta was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on 14 January 1972.
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Predrag Gosta's father was born to Serbian and German parents in Vojvodina and his mother to a large Croatian family in Herzegovina.
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Predrag Gosta studied at the Belgrade Music Academy, London's Trinity College of Music, Georgia State University in Atlanta, as well as the University of Oxford.
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Predrag Gosta is the Artistic Director of an early music ensemble and baroque orchestra New Trinity Baroque, and the Music Director and conductor of the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre based in Atlanta, United States; the President of the international early music society Early Music Network.
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Since the festival's renewal in 2012 Maestro Gosta has been serving again as its Artistic Director.
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The Festival has since grown to one of the largest and most successful early music festivals in southern Europe - in 2017 it received an Award from the classical music magazine Muzika klasika as the best festival for classical music in Serbia, while Maestro Predrag Gosta received the Artist of the Year award from the Association of Musical Artists.
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Predrag Gosta is the Artistic Director of the Belgrade Baroque Academy, which he founded in 2013 and co-directed until 2019 with Serbian-born contralto Marijana Mijanovic.
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Predrag Gosta is an Artistic Advisor and US Director of Peter the Great Music Academy in St Petersburg, Russia.
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In 2014 Predrag Gosta established the New Belgrade Opera, which is focused on baroque opera.
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Predrag Gosta has recorded several critically acclaimed CDs, including recording of Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas with British soprano Evelyn Tubb, and recording of Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition with the London Symphony Orchestra.
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Predrag Gosta appeared at the festivals such as the Boston Early Music Festival and Piccolo Spoleto, Varazdin Baroque Evenings and Korkyra Baroque, Budva Theatre City and many others.
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Predrag Gosta served the affiliate guest lecturer at Georgia State University in Atlanta, and as a choir professor and artist-in-residence at Oxford College of Emory University in Oxford, Georgia, USA.
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Das Sinfonie-orchester Biel-Solothurn unter der Leitung von Predrag Gosta lasst die Frische dieses selten gespielten Dreiakters in reichen Schattierungen erklingen und wirkt selbst nach zwei Stunden unverbraucht.
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Under New Trinity founder and conductor Predrag Gosta, they illuminated the various madrigal-like choruses and operatic arias with individual attention.
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Predrag Gosta knew how to achieve a true creative atmosphere in the hall.