Press Release:

WORLD-FAMOUS BAROQUE VIOLINIST AND GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER, JOHN
HOLLOWAY, APPOINTED AS NEW TRINITY BAROQUE'S NEW CONCERTMASTER AND
MUSIC DIRECTOR

New appointment helps Atlanta group go international


(Atlanta, USA – March 18, 2005) John Holloway, one of the world's
leading violinists and Gramophone award winner for the best
classical record of 1991, joins New Trinity Baroque, a period
instrument ensemble and orchestra based in Atlanta, USA, as its new
Concertmaster and Music Director. The appointment comes only weeks
after the appearance of John Holloway as the group's Guest Soloist
in a concert featuring Bach's Violin Concertos.

New Trinity Baroque has been described as "one of Atlanta's most
prized ensembles, consistently delivering vital, artistically
satisfying programs" (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2004). Founded
by Predrag Gosta in 1998 in London (England) while he was completing
his postgraduate studies at Trinity College of Music, the group has
found its permanent home in Atlanta, USA. During the past few years,
the orchestra's search for a "perfect sound" and willingness to go
beyond the boundaries of conventions in classical music has brought
rich rewards – guest performers have included Evelyn Tubb, Michael
Fields, Marion Verbruggen, Ingrid Matthews. NTB produced several
successful CD recordings and has been featured in many leading
classical music magazines, both mainstream – such as Opera and
Gramophone, and specialist – such as Early Music (published by
Oxford University Press) and Early Music America. The Concert
Artists Guild of New York described the ensemble's performances
as "defined, gripping, thoughtful, full of temperament, fearless."

Predrag Gosta, the founder and the Artistic Director of the
ensemble, points out the importance of this new appointment: "John
Holloway is considered to be not only one of the world's best
baroque violinists, but also a fantastic leader, a pioneer of the
music of this genre. Everyone in the group is excited about him
joining us, and we very much look forward to working with him again.
His rich experience as the leader of some of the best `historical-
instrument' orchestras in the world promises a rewarding future for
all of us."

John Holloway has been concertmaster of some of the world's most
renowned baroque and classical orchestras, including Andrew
Parrott's Taverner Players (from 1977–1991) and Roger Norrington's
London Classical Players (from 1978–1992), as well as William
Christie's Les Arts Florissants and Jean-Claude Malgoire's La Grande
Écurie et la Chambre de Roy. With them, and as soloist and chamber-
musician, he is featured on over a hundred recordings for EMI,
Decca, Sony, Virgin Veritas, Harmonia Mundi, Chandos and others. He
received a Gramophone Award in 1991 (for his recoding of Biber's
Mystery Sonatas) and two Danish Grammy Awards (in 1995 and 1998, for
his recordings of Buxtehude). His latest CD recordings, of works by
Schmelzer, Biber, Muffat and Veracini, have been published on ECM to
even greater acclaim.

John Holloway has been Professor of Baroque Violin at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama in London and Guest Professor at the
Schola Cantorum in Basel and at the Early Music Institute at Indiana
University (Bloomington, USA). He has been a Senior Professor for
Violin and String Chamber Music at the Hochschule für Musik in
Dresden, Germany, since 1999. He has given master classes for
conventional and baroque-instrument students of violin and chamber
music throughout Europe, North and South America, and as far afield
as New Zealand. In September 2004 he was Regents' Lecturer at the
University of California, Berkeley.

New Trinity Baroque will start next Concert Season 2005/06 led
jointly by John Holloway as Music Director and Predrag Gosta as
Artistic Director. They plan an exciting period of growth and
development, continuing such recent successes as New Trinity
Baroque's appointments as the Affiliate Ensemble of Georgia State
University's School of Music, the Ensemble-in-Residence at Oxford
College of Emory University and at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal
Church in Atlanta, as well as the recent award of a $10,000 grant
from the Porter Fund for its educational program at Oxford College.
With John Holloway's leadership, New Trinity Baroque promises to
become not only Atlanta's best permanent period instrument ensemble,
but also one of the nation's best baroque orchestras.

The group is well into its sixth concert season, with the final
concert scheduled at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church for April
23. The performance will celebrate Carissimi's 400th birthday,
featuring two of his greatest and best known oratorios, "Jepthe"
and "Jonas". More information is available at New Trinity Baroque's
web site, www.NewTrinityBaroque.org.

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Contact: Predrag Gosta
Telephone/Fax: 770 / 638-7574 (internationally: +1.770.6387574)
E-mail: newtrinitybaroque@...

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Related Web Sites:
New Trinity Baroque – www.NewTrinityBaroque.org
John Holloway – www.JohnHolloway.org