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Dragan Karolic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
where he started his studies in flute, voice and piano.
Very early he discovered his affinity for early music, and
this encouraged him to continue his education in Rome, Vienna
and London. After he graduated with high honors, Mr. Karolic
participated in numerous master classes, with world-wide
famous artists such as (voice) E. Kirkby, D. Thomas, K.
Mertens, B. Schlick, H. v. d. Kamp, J. Feldman, I. Poulenard,
(transverse flute) L. Beznosiuk, K. Hünteler, W. Hazelzet,
B. Kuijken, (recorder) H. M. Linde, C. Pehrsson and N. Hadden.
 Until
1991, when he permanently moved to live and work in Germany
, he was a member of the early music ensembles Renaissance
(1979-1991), Musica Antiqua Belgrade (1984-1989) and Baroque
Consort (1986-1991). During 1989 he cooperated with the
Elisabethan Consort, London, under the direction of Robert
Spencer. Mr. Karolic was the co-founder of the Belgrade
Early Music Festival in 1991, as well as the Studio
for Early Music. Between 1991 and 1996 he was a soloist
of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra in Blankenburg, Germany.
Since 1997, Dragan Karolic is active as a vocal soloist
and at the same time he teaches recorder at the Georg
Friedrich Händel Konservatorium in Halle. In 1998 he
founded the ensemble "Cantare e sonare", with
whom he recorded a CD "Bella Italia"
(early baroque Italian love songs). Since 2001 he is a member
of the Gewandhaus Chamber Choir in Leipzig and a regular
guest soloist of the ensemble New
Trinity Baroque, based in Atlanta, USA.
 Among
notable appearances Mr. Karolic sung principal bass role
in Stradella´s L´Academia d`Amore, under the direction of
Steven Stubbs in 1999 in Bremen. In 2000 he appeared in
a Baroque pasticcio opera, at the Court Theater built by
Friedrich II "the Great" in Potsdam near Berlin. As soloist
and member of ensembles, Dragan Karolic participated in
over a thousand concerts in the USA, England, France, Belgium,
Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, Poland, Chech Republic,
Bulgaria, Israel, Syria and Cyprus. He appeared on radio
and television many times, and recorded over a dozen CDs,
audio cassettes and videos. Mr. Karolic is also an active
composer: among others, his children's opera "Snowhite and Seven Dwarfs" has been successfully premiered in Berlin (2004), as well as repeated numerous times. As a musicologist, Dragan Karolic is interested in research and editing
of forgotten manuscripts of Baroque composers. Since 2003, he is collaborating on new editions with "Furore" music publishing house in Kassel.
The following is only a small selection
from numerous concert reviews abouth Mr.Karolic:
"The sound of his baroque flutes
has poetical warmth, clearness and beauty." (Radio Zagreb,
1986)
"Magically, powerful, and relaxing,
Mr. Karolic used his beautiful voice." (Rhein-Post,
2001)
"The audience was fascinated with his
musical ability" (Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 2000)
"[he is] the expert for the music of
17th and 18th centuries" (Westfalen-Blatt 1999)
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