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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 all over the world. Those include 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,the Mauro Giuliani competition in Italy, the Printemps de la Guitare in Belgium and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 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
Ana Vidovic Discography:
*Live+ Croatia Records 2001 Ana & Silvije Vidovic,guitar and piano w/guests Sasa Nestorovic, saxophon and Viktor Vidovic, guitar Music by J.S.Bach, S.Sulek, L.Boccherini, W.A.Mozart, J.Brahms, J.Rodrigo, J.de Aspiazu and H.Mancini
*Ana Vidovic Guitar Recital+ Naxos Records 1999(Naxos 8.554563) Music by J.S.Bach, M.Ponce, F.Tarrega, S.Sulek and W.Walton
*Ana Vidovic+ Croatia Records 1996 Music by J.S.Bach, B.Papandopulo, F.Moreno-Torroba, F.Sor and I.Albeniz
*Ana Vidovic+ BGS Records 1996(BGSD 103) Music by J.S.Bach, N.Paganini, A.Klobucar and M.Castelnuovo-Tedesco
*Ana Vidovic+ Released in 1994 Music by J.S.Bach, M.Giuliani, A.Klobucar, F.Moreno-Torroba, S.Fumic and J.Malats
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