MIRAN VAUPOTIĆ, Conductor
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Croatian conductor MIRAN VAUPOTIĆ is quickly establishing himself as a sought after young artist. Currently he is a Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian Symphony Orchestra Prokofiev in Moscow, Russia and Associate Conductor of the Lugansk Philharmonic Orchestra in Lugansk, Ukraine.
He is a two-time first prize winner of All-Croatian Competition, prize winner of 1999 Pula International Competition, the LAUREATE of the 2003 Confédération Mondiale de L'Accordéon - CMA - Trophée Mondial de l'Accordéon in Italy and the Grand Prize winner of Music GOLDEN TROPHY 2007 International Competition in New York, USA as well as 1st prize winner of the International Festival InterArtia 2008 Music Competitions in Volos, Greece and Special Schnittke Award winner of 2008 IBLA Grand Prize World Competition in Sicily, Italy. The International Art Society & Academy declared him Artist of the Year 2008.
Miran Vaupotich appeared with known orchestras including Zagreb Soloists, Rijeka Philharmonic Orchestra, Croatian Chamber Orchestra, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Camerata Klaipeda, Kaliningrad Chamber Philharmonic, Pomorian Philharmonic Orchestra, Egyptian Philharmonic, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Chamber Orchestra etc. His performances have been radio broadcast in Croatia, Portugal, France, Canada and Romania.
With the Russian Symphony Orchestra Prokofiev he recorded a CD of symphony music by wonderful Italian composer Roberto Di Marino which will be published in early 2011 by CLASSIC CONCERT RECORDS from Salzburg, Austria.
Mr. Vaupotich is actively collaborate with important American, Russian, French, Slovak, Italian and Croatian composers, whose works he has premiered. Current season will mark premiers of Piano Concerto by John Alan Rose, Symphony No. 2 by Primous Fountain, and SAN JOSÉ dedicated to the 33 saved miners of San José, Chile, and to all of those who helped to free them by Peter Machajdik.
Mr. Vaupotich holds a master’s degree from the Juraj Dobrila University where he studied with most prominent opera conductor in ex-Yugoslavia Miroslav Homen among others and was the recipient of the Rector Scholarship. He also studied at the Ino Mirkovich Music Academy under licence of Moscow State Conservatory P.I. Tchaikovsky in Lovran.
