Ana Vidovic, guitar | Opening Concert of the 2020 Philadelphia
Classical Guitar Festival, Mandell Theater, Saturday, 28. March 2020
Ana Vidovic is an extraordinary talent with formidable gifts taking
her place amongst the elite musicians of the world today. She is known
for her beautiful tone, precise technique, well-defined phrasing and
thoughtful artistry and musicianship. Her international
performance career includes frequent recitals, concerto engagements
and festival appearances in most of Europe’s cultural destinations
including Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, London, Oslo,
Paris, Rome, Salzburg, Vienna, Warsaw and Zagreb. Her tours have also
taken her to Australia, Brazil, Israel, Japan, Korea and Mexico.
Equally impressive is the fact that she has recorded 6 CDs. Mel Bay
Publications has released Ana Vidovic’s DVD entitled “Guitar
Artistry in Concert,” a journey through the music of Torroba,
Piazzolla and Pierre Bensusan, Sergio Assad, Stanley Myers,
Villa-Lobos and Agustin Barrios Mangoré, and “Guitar Virtuoso,” a
performance of works by Bach, Torroba, Paganini and Walton.
During recent seasons Ms. Vidovic’s prolific career has taken her to
London where she has performed at King’s Place twice; Bordeaux and
Paris, Carthage (Tunesia), Cuenca (Equador), Vienna’s Musikverein,
Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Avezzano and Pescara (Italy), Aachen,
Ansbach and Ettlingen (Germany), Japan, Sao Paulo (Brazil), Adelaide,
Brisbane and Sydney (Australia), Hong Kong, Bulle (Switzerland),
Uppsala (Sweden), Istanbul, Tel Aviv, in addition to the Canadian
cities of Calgary, Edmonton Kitchener Toronto and Winnipeg, She
has performed throughout the U.S. at major performance venues in
Austin, Baltimore, Bethesda (The Strathmore), Boston, Champaign,
IL (Krannert Center), Cleveland, Dallas, Dayton, Ft. Worth,
Houston, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Portland (OR), St. Louis, Salt Lake
City, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Fe, Seattle, Washington,
DC and New York City where Ms. Vidovic has performed in recital at the
New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes College of Music, Baruch College as
well as at the 92nd St. Y. Her dazzling concerto performances have
taken place with the Asheville Symphony, Bangor Symphony, Erie
Philharmonic, Evansville Philharmonic, Glacier Symphony, Hartford
Symphony, Idaho Falls Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, Knoxville
Symphony, Missoula Symphony, Rogue Valley Symphony (Oregon),
Westmoreland Symphony (PA), West Virginia Symphony, Wheeling Symphony
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra; and with the Slovene Orchestra and
Zagreb Philharmonic. Festival appearances include Le Domaine
Forget (Quebec), International Guitar Festival (London), Big Sky,
Montana, Caramoor Festival (Katonah, NY), Colorado Music Festival and
Lake Tahoe Summerfest. Ms. Vidovic’s 2017-18 season
included recitals in Germany (Baden-Baden), Jeunesse Musicale
(Vienna), Hong Kong, Peoria IL, Chicago, Washington, DC (Marlowe
Guitar Series), Los Angeles, and Jacksonville (FL) and a concerto
engagement with the Idaho Falls Symphony, in addition to a tour to
Japan where she performs almost annually. Her 2018-19 season
begins with an appearance at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge
followed by concertos with Washington, DC’s Apollo Orchestra and
Orchestra Iowa. Further recitals take place in New York City (New
York City Classical Guitar Society), Boston, Washington, DC,.
(Dumbarton Oaks), Austin, Cleveland, San Francisco and the Hawaiian
Islands in addition to London, Baden-Baden and a tour to Japan.
Ms. Vidovic has won an impressive number of prizes and
international competitions including first prizes in the Albert
Augustine International Competition in Bath, England, the Fernando Sor
competition in Rome, Italy and the Francisco Tarrega competition in
Benicasim, Spain. Other top prizes include the Eurovision Competition
for Young Artists, Mauro Giuliani competition in Italy, Printemps de
la Guitare in Belgium and the Young Concert Artists International
Auditions in New York. In Croatia, the guitarist has performed
Symphony Orchestra of the Croatian Radio and Television, as well as
having been featured in three television documentaries by the eminent
Croatian film director Petar Krelja. Ana Vidovic comes from
the small town of Karlovac near Zagreb, Croatia, and started playing
guitar at the age of 5. At age 7, she gave her first public
performance and at the age of 11 she was performing internationally.
She became the youngest student at age 13 to attend the prestigious
National Musical Academy in Zagreb where she studied with Professor
Istvan Romer. Ms. Vidovic’s reputation in Europe led to an
invitation to study with Manuel Barrueco at the Peabody Conservatory
from which she graduated. Ana Vidovic, guitar | Opening Concert of the
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