Goran Krivokapić

Biography

Goran Krivokapić was born in 1979 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He started his music education with Mico Poznanovic in Herceg-Novi, Montenegro. In 1993 he enrolled at the Slavenski High School of Music in Belgrade where he received lessons from Prof. Srdjan Tosic and in 1997 entered the Faculty of Music Art in Belgrade. After graduating, he continued his studies with Prof. Hubert Käppel at the "Hochschulefuer Musik Koeln" in Germany. In 2003, after graduating with honours, he continued his studies in Cologne (Konzertexam) with prof. Roberto Aussel and enrolled for a master's degree at the Conservatorium Maastricht, Netherlands, in the class of Prof. Carlo Marchione.

Goran Krivokapić has won first prizes in several international guitar competitions: "Petar Konjovic International Guitar Competition" in Belgrade (1996); "International Guitar Festival of Corfu" in Greece (1997); "Andres Segovia" in Granada, Spain (2000); "Michelle Pittaluga" in Alessandria, Italy (2000); "Rene Bartoli" in France (2001); "Koblenz International Guitar Competition" in Germany (2003); "Velez-Malaga" in Spain (2003); "Fernando Sor" in Rome, Italy (2003); "Iserlohn International Guitar Competition" in Germany (2004); "Alhambra" in Alcoy, Spain (2004); "Mauro Giuliani" in Bari, Italy (2004); "Ruggero Chiesa-Citta di Camogli" in Italy (2004); "Guitar Foundation of America Solo Guitar Competition" in Canada (2004); "Dr. Luis Sigall" in Chile (2004).

As a soloist, Goran Krivokapić has performed with the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic, Montenegro Symphony Orchestra, Montenegro Chamber Orchestra, Chilean Symphony Orchestra and the Turin Philharmonic. He has given solo recitals and master classes at guitar festivals, music festivals and concert seasons in Germany, Italy, Spain, Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Austria, Greece, Turkey and Chile. Several documentaries have also been made about him for television (TV Montenegro, TV Arte) and radio.