Petar Matošević has conducted concerts, performing throughout Europe – including Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, and Croatia. He is actively engaged in performing works by contemporary Croatian, Serbian, Italian, French, and American composers.
He is the conductor and artistic director of the Istrian Chamber Orchestra, as well as the artistic director of the “San ljetnih noći” festival, held during the summer months in Sveti Lovreč Pazenatički (Istria, Croatia). He also collaborates regularly with the FVG Philharmonic Orchestra, the Naša Sloga Babići wind orchestra, LaRé – La Rejouissance Orchestra and others.
He has collaborated with numerous orchestras and ensembles, including the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, the Fillarmonici Friulani symphony orchestra, symphony orchestra and various ensembles of the Conservatorio Giuseppe Tartini, the FVG Orchestra, the Philharmonic orchestra of the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, the Concentus Musicus Patavinus, the Orchestra della Magna Grecia, the Ploiești Philharmonic Orchestra, the SO-DO El Sistema Istra Symphony Orchestra, the Tergeste Early Jazz Orchestra, and others. He has attended masterclasses with distinguished conductors such as Donato Renzetti, Stephen Thorp, Marco Guidarini, and Thomas Doss, among others.
He graduated in orchestral conducting and choral conducting from the Conservatorio Giuseppe Tartini, where he studied under maestros Antonino Fogliani, Elisabeta Maschio, and Marco Angius. He also earned a degree in music pedagogy from the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula.
He has conducted numerous productions, concerts, and world premieres, among which the following stand out: the European premiere of the score for the silent film The Return of Draw Egan by American composer Ari Barack Fisher at the Giornate del Cinema Muto; the world premiere of the opera Cassandra, in te dormiva un sogno by Italian composer Marco Podda for the Teatro Coccia; the world premiere of the opera Malombra by Italian composer F. Colassanti in Piran; Antennae by Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebalov; Galileo’s journey by the Italian composer Ivan Fedele and many others.
He regularly performs as a conductor at festivals in Italy, including the Piccolo Opera Festival, Gioie Musicali, and the Giornate del Cinema Muto, and also serves as a jury member in national and international competitions.
Petar Matosevic 