Nemanja  Ostoich

Pictures from California

After the mastercclass Nemanja taught at the Chapman Univesrity.
Chapman Univesrity Guitar students, Professor Jeff Cogan, the head of the department, and Nemanja Ostoich

Nemanja has coached both individual students, as well as the guitar ensemble:

Picture of Champan University, Christal Cathedral:

On November 19th, Nemanja also gave a concert for the RCC (Riverside City College), California:



Southern California tour:

On November 19th at 7:30 pm, Nemanja will appear at the Orange County Guitar Circle classical guitar series.  He will also perform a concert at the Riverside City College School of Arts, and will host a masterclass for the guitar department of Chapman University, in Orange, CA.

More information by clicking at the image here:

Live, on-the-air NPR Interview and performance KUHF-FM 88.7  THE FRONT ROW with the host Chris Johnson

Click on the image below to listen Nemanja playing live, as well as the interview:

 Lecture at the Yale University School of Music, New Haven, CT

    March 23rd, 2011: Nemanja gave a lecture for the students of the Yale School of Music Guitar Department.  Nemanja first performed the Sonata op. 77 by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and then talked about his approach to guitar playing.  This involved an insight into the methods and schools used in Serbia as well as all other countries of the former Yugoslavia.  Nemanja's Yale lecture also focused on the daily exercises and routines for better handling of the instrument.

Yale guitar students were also particularly interested in hearing about Nemanja's idea of the competition mindset and preparation, after his many wins in major international guitar competitions.

Picture of Nemanja with the Yale guitar students:

             Guitar Festival XXIII at Ball State University, Muncie, IN

As part of his residency at the 23rd Guitar Festival at the Ball State University, Nemanja gave an evening recital on Monday, March 21st at the renowned Sursa Hall. The recital program was composed of works by Barios, Jose, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Gismonti, and Bogdanovic.

Following his recital,next morning, Nemanja gave a masterclass for the students of the Guitar Department at the Ball State.

Picture of Sursa Hall:

Picture of Nemanja while teaching a student at the Ball State University:

 Texas Guitar Competition, Dallas, TX

March 3-5 2011

Nemanja Ostoich was a laureate artist in residency at the 10th International Texas Guitar Festival, from March 3-5th 2011, one of the leading guitar festivals in the United States.   The festival, taking place at the University of Texas Dallas Conference Center, included 3 evening concerts a guitar competition, masterclasses as well as a guitar expo and vendor fair.

Ostoich was featured as a laureate recitalist, after winning the 1st prize at the 2008 competition. He also served on the competition’s panel of judges, taught a masterclass, and tutored a guitar ensemble.

While at the festival, Ostoich was featured on the widely listened-to (six million listeners) WRR Classical Radio Dallas/Forth Worth and performed two pieces. Joining him on the show was Grammy Award-winning guitarist David Russell, a guest artists of the 10th Annual Texas Guitar Festival. In addition to the live radio performance, Nemanja and Russell discussed the art of the classical guitar and their performances at the festival.

Photos of Nemanja performing live at WRR and teaching a student at University of Texas at Dallas: