Rost was born in Jena and studied under Roland Zimmer and Ursula Peter at the Liszt School of Music Weimar.[2] He has won many competitions, both national and international, and his performances include television, radio, commercial recordings and live concerts in many countries,[2] performing both solo and in a duo with his wife, Monika Rost.
He became Professor of Guitar at the Liszt School of Music and taught a number of successful performers,[2] including Thomas Fellow,[3] Venci Pavlov,[4] Karoline Kumst,[5] Magdalena Kaltcheva,[6] Nora Buschman, Petr Saidl[7] and the Kaltchev Guitar Duo Ivo and Sofia Kaltchev.[8] In 1993, together with his wife, he initiated the Anna Amalia Guitar Competition in Weimar. He retired in 2010 and today teaches exceptional students at the Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere.
