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ANA VIDOVIC
Ana Vidovic is an extraordinary talent of formidable gifts taking her place amongst the elite musicians of the world today. She has won an impressive number of prizes and international competitions. These include first prizes in the Albert Augustine International Competition (England), the Fernando Sor Competition (Italy), and the Francisco Tarrega competition (Spain).
Other top prizes include the Eurovision Competition for Young Artists, the Mauro Giuliani Competition (Italy), the Printemps de la Guitare (Belgium), and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions (New York).
Equally impressive is the fact that she has already recorded five CDs, one of them for the Naxos label,and that she has already concertized in some twenty countries throughout the world. She has performed in cities such as London, Paris, Vienna, Salzburg, Rome, Budapest, Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Oslo, Copenhagen, Toronto, Baltimore, San Francisco, Houston, Austin, Dallas and St.Louis.
In her native Croatia she has performed with the Zagreb Soloists and the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and with 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 began playing the guitar at the early age of five and at thirteen she was the youngest student ever to enter the Musical Academy in Zagreb,where she studied with Professor Istvan Romer. Currently she is attending the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, MD, where she is further refining her remarkable gifts under the tutelage of world renown guitarist Manuel Barrueco.
Reviews:
Ana Vidovic is a bright young talent, well equipped to take her place among the world's international soloists.
Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar
Vidovic is undeniably a very talented young guitarist whose range,as it extends,may well visibly cast her as a major artist
Chris Kilvington, Classical Guitar
Ana Vidovic produces so many moments of insight that you often feel you are listening to the music for the first time.This is very impressive indeed in one so young-she is only 20.
Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar
It is difficult to know where to begin when discussing the enormous talents of Ana Vidovic.Her dynamic range,beauty of sound,precision of articulation and virtuosity are such that listening becomes more of an absolute musical experience.
Stephen Griesgraber, Guitar Review
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