Ana Vidovic-Guitar

BIOGRAPHY

Ana Vidovic is an extraordinary talent with formidable gifts taking her
place among the elite musicians of the world.  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 and returns in Fall, 2022;  in
European cities including Bordeaux, Paris,  Vienna’s Musikverein,
Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Avezzano and Pescara (Italy), Aachen, Ansbach,
Baden-Baden and Ettlingen (Germany), Japan, Sao Paulo (Brazil), Adelaide,
Brisbane and Sydney (Australia), Hong Kong, 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, the Hawaiian
Islands, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Portland (OR), St. Louis, Salt Lake City,
San Francisco, 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, 92nd St. Y and Le Poisson Rouge.   Her
dazzling concerto performances have taken place with many orchestras
including  Asheville Symphony, Bangor Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Hartford
Symphony,  Illinois Philharmonic,  Knoxville Symphony, Missoula Symphony,
Rogue Valley Symphony (Oregon),  Orchestra Iowa, 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.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, many of Ms. Vidovic’s engagements were
redesigned to take place including the 92nd St Y in NYC, Philadelphia  and
in San Francisco (Omni Concerts) where she performed at the venue in a
live-streamed concert.    Her 2021-22 season was highlighted by returns to
NYC’s 92nd Street Y for an in-person concert with live audience, as well as
in San Francisco, Austin, St. Louis, Philadelphia and San Francisco.  Ms.
Vidovic’s on-line masterclasses in Athens during the pandemic continue on a
frequent basis and she will perform and teach in Athens  in 2022-23.
Summer 2022 included the Madrid International Guitar Festival, the
Mediterranean Guitar Festival in Barcelona and at the New Ross Festival in
Wexford, Ireland.  In addition to her return to London in Fall 2022, Ms.
Vidovic performs at the Drôme Guitar Festival in Valence, France;  Trento,
Italy, and a tour in Spain.   Her USA engagements in 2022-23 include the
Asheville Symphony, Austin Symphony, Elgin Symphony, (IL), Reading (PA)
Symphony, Victoria (TX) Symphony; recitals in San Francisco, Sarasota,
Milwaukee;  and overseas in Rome and Aachen, Germany.

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 at the
Peabody Conservatory from which she graduated.