Krešimir Petar Pustički, Viola
Krešimir Petar Pustički
BIOGRAPHY
Krešimir Petar Pustički was born in 1975 in Zagreb. From an early age, he displayed absolute pitch and exceptional musical talent. During his education, he won top national prizes (first places in competitions in Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Sarajevo, and Belgrade, as well as the winner of the Darko Lukić Platform). At the age of twenty, he graduated in viola performance at the Zagreb Academy of Music in the class of Professor Ante Živković. At the same institution, he earned a Master of Arts degree in 2009.
He also demonstrated his great talent and versatility in the Croatian Armed Forces Symphonic Wind Orchestra, where for a year he was engaged as pianist of the Big Band led by Miljenko Prohaska.
Krešimir Petar Pustički is an accomplished chamber musician and often performs with the Pustički String Trio. After graduation, he worked for a year as a permanent member of the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra. From 1998 to 2008, he was a permanent member and principal violist of the Zagreb Soloists. Between 2011 and 2018, he served as a regular guest principal violist with the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra.
Currently, Krešimir Petar Pustički is a full professor at the Zagreb Academy of Music. In addition to his pedagogical work, he has an extremely successful solo career, with critics ranking him among the finest Croatian string players. He is also active as a recording engineer and producer and has become one of Croatia’s most sought-after producers, winning 5 Porin Awards for Best Classical Music Albums as producer and recording engineer.
Critical Reviews:
“Krešimir Petar Pustički is one of our very best, not only among violists but string players in general. He is distinguished by a beautiful tone of great volume and power, remarkable technical skill, musicality, and thoughtful interpretation…” – V. Požgaj
“The artist’s performance achieved a unity of expressive reproduction in thoughtful and genuine harmony with the score, clearly demonstrating the quality of the young violist.” – D. Komanov
“His performance of E. Bloch’s Suite Hebraique was technically absolutely sovereign down to the finest details of the many virtuosic passages, and moreover, full-blooded in achieving total ease and the freedom to relish the oriental colors and ritual-dance rhythms.” – B. Pofuk
“The simple closing Lutheran chorale I Step Before Your Throne (Hindemith Trauermusik) led the listener through music on a journey toward the transcendent—something inexplicable that separates great music-making from everyday life and elevates it to a higher spiritual realm.” – T. Matasović
Krešimir Petar Pustički
BIOGRAFIJA
Krešimir Petar Pustički rođen je 1975. godine u Zagrebu. Zarana je iskazao apsolutan sluh i izrazitu glazbenu nadarenost. Tijekom školovanja osvaja državne nagrade na najvišem nivou (prva mjesta na natjecanjima u Zagrebu, Dubrovniku, Sarajevu i Beogradu, pobjednik Tribine Darko Lukić), a kao dvadesetogodišnjak diplomirao je violu na Muzičkoj akademiji u Zagrebu, u klasi profesora Ante Živkovića. Na istoj je ustanovi 2009. godine stekao titulu magistra umjetnosti.
Svoj veliki talent i svestranost u glazbi dokazuje i u Simfonijskom puhačkom orkestru HV-a, gdje je godinu dana bio angažiran kao pijanist Big Benda pod vodstvom Miljenka Prohaske.
Krešimir Petar Pustički uspješan je komorni glazbenik te često nastupa s gudačkim triom Pustički. Nakon završenog studija, godinu dana radi kao stalni član Simfonijskog orkestra HRT-a, a od 1998. do 2008. godine stalni je član i vođa dionice viola Zagrebačkih solista. Od 2011. do 2018. stalni je honorarni vođa dionice viola u Simfonijskom orkestru HRT-a.
Krešimir Petar Pustički trenutno je zaposlen na Muzičkoj akademiji u Zagrebu u svojstvu redovnog profesora. Uz pedagoški rad ima izrazito uspješnu solističku karijeru te ga kritika svrstava među najbolje hrvatske gudače. Aktivno se bavi i snimateljskim i producentskim radom, pri čemu je postao jedan od najtraženijih hrvatskih producenata te je kao producent i snimatelj dobitnik 5 Porina za najbolje albume klasične glazbe.
Osvrti kritike:
„Krešimir Petar Pustički jedan je od naših najboljih ne samo violista, već i gudača općenito. Krasi ga prekrasan ton velikoga volumena i snage, zavidno tehničko umijeće, muzikalnost te promišljenost interpretacije…“ – V. Požgaj
„Umjetnikova izvedba ostvarila je jedinstvo reproduktivnog izraza u promišljenom i stvarnom skladu s partiturom, što je najbolje pokazalo kvalitetu mladog violista.“ – D. Komanov
„Njegova izvedba Suite Hebraique E. Blocha bila je tehnički apsolutno suverena do najsitnijih detalja brojnih virtuoznih pasaža skladbe, a k tome punokrvna u postizanju potpune opuštenosti i slobodnog uživanja u orijentalnim aromama i obredno-plesnim ritmovima.“ – B. Pofuk
„Jednostavan završni luteranski koral ‘Stupam pred Tvoje prijestolje’ (Hindemith Trauermusik) slušatelja je glazbom odveo na put prema onostranom, onom nečem neobjašnjivom što vrhunsku glazbu i glazbovanje odjeljuje od svakodnevice i uzdiže u više duhovne sfere.“ – T. Matasović