Trumpeter and composer Petar Obradović (Dubrovnik, 1972) completed secondary music education at the Luka Sorkočević Art School in his hometown Dubrovnik under his father Niko (Nino) Obradović. He graduated in 1994 from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana under Anton Grčar, and in 1995 became the first trumpeter of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra. Since 1995 he has been solo trumpeter with the Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra in Zagreb. As a soloist, he has performed with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, the Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, the Zagreb Philharmonic, the Mostar Symphony Orchestra, the Sorkočević Quartet and the Dubrovnik String Quartet.
In 2000, his first CD was released by Cantus label, with works by Šulek, Detoni, Tarbuk and Obradović, and he recorded Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra in C major with the Zagreb Philharmonic, which was also released on CD. In 2006, Cantus released his CD with works by Papandopulo, Berdović, Bjelinski, Kuljerić and Obradović, and in 2009 a CD with works by Italian Baroque composers Franceschini and Vivaldi, and by Croatian pre-Classical composers, Bajamonti and Stratik. Performances of his works were also released on numerous albums by other musicians. The publishing house ALRY Publications (Seattle, USA) published sheet music editions with four of his compositions, and the publishing house Martin Schmid (Nagold, Germany) published 17 of his compositions in the Collection Petar Obradovic. He regularly records music for the archive of permanent recordings of the Croatian Radio and Television, and so far he has composed over 250 minutes of original music. He has been a member of the Croatian Composers Society since 1995.
In addition to solo, chamber and orchestral works, he has composed for film, and for the productions of the Lero Theatre Dubrovnik, performed at the Split and Dubrovnik Summer Festivals. He has composed short pieces for music school students. He has collaborated with numerous musicians both as a composer and performer.
In 2019, he received the Porin Music Award for Best Classical Music Composition, for his Bird Concerto, for saxophone and orchestra, premiered at the 68th Dubrovnik Summer Festival; in 2020, he was awarded the Orlando Prize by the Croatian Radio and Television for the most successful music performance at the 71st Dubrovnik Summer Festival.
In the 2022/23 season, he was resident composer at the Croatian Radio and Television.
