Predrag Gosta
Predrag Gosta (Cyrillic: Предраг Госта) (born 14 January 1972 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Serbian-American conductor and harpsichordist.[1]. He is the Artistic Director of an early music ensemble, baroque orchestra and choir New Trinity Baroque[2], based in Atlanta, United States, the Music Director and conductor of the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre[3] in Snellville (near Atlanta), and the President of the international early music society Early Music Network[4]. From 1991 until 1996 he was the Artistic Director of the Studio for Early Music Belgrade and the Belgrade International Early Music Festival[1]. Between 2008 and 2009 he was the Assistant Conductor of the National Philharmonic[5] in Washington, D.C.. Since 2010 he is the President of the Makris Foundation[6] in Washington D.C. He is also an Artistic Advisor and U.S. Director of Peter the Great Music Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia.[7]
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 [8] 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[9], and choir professor and artist-in-residence at Oxford College of Emory University [10]
[edit] Discography
| Album | Orchestra/Ensemble | Soloist(s) | Label | Release Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroque Christmas
(Concertos and Cantatas by Corelli, Torelli, Manfredini, Scarlatti, Buxtehude and Bernhard |
New Trinity Baroque | Kathryn Mueller, Wanda Yang Temko, Adriane Post, Carrie Krause, Martha Perry, Anna Griffis, André Laurent O'Neil | Edition Lilac | 2011 |
| Vivaldi: Concertos | New Trinity Baroque | Carrie Krause, Daniela Giulia Pierson, Michael Fields, André Laurent O'Neil, Christina Babich Rosser | Edition Lilac | 2010 |
| Handel: Arias | New Trinity Baroque | Leif Aruhn-Solén | Edition Lilac | 2010 |
| Pergolesi: Stabat Mater | New Trinity Baroque | Evelyn Tubb, Terry Barber | Edition Lilac | 2008 |
| Carissimi: Oratorios Jonas and Jephte | New Trinity Baroque, Oxford Chorale | Julia Matthews, Kevin Sutton | Edition Lilac | 2007 |
| Charpentier: Messe de minuit / Handel: Organ Concertos | New Trinity Baroque, Canterbury Choir | Brad Hughley, Elizabeth Packard Arnold, Magdalena Wór, Brent Runnels, Patrick Newell | Edition Lilac | 2005 |
| Purcell: Dido and Aeneas | New Trinity Baroque | Evelyn Tubb, Thomas Meglioranza, Julia Matthews, Elizabeth Packard Arnold, Allison A. Brown, Terry Barber, Kevin Sutton, Brad Fugate | Edition Lilac | 2004 |
| Trio Sonatas & Chaconnas | New Trinity Baroque | EMN | 2003 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Biography at the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra web site
- ^ Biography at the New Trinity Baroque web site
- ^ Biography at the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre web site
- ^ Early Music Network's Board of Directors page
- ^ Biography at the National Philharmonic web site
- ^ Makris Foundation
- ^ Peter the Great Music Academy's web site
- ^ Eric Van Tassel - Purcell's operas revisited - Early Music 32:4. Article also available online
- ^ Georgia State University's Notable Alumni List of Georgia State University people
- ^ Oxford Chorale's web site
[edit] External links
- Predrag Gosta's web site
- New Trinity Baroque's web site
- Gwinnett Ballet Theatre's web site
- Early Music Network's web site
- Edition Lilac's web site
- Makris Foundation's web site
