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Ana Vidovic
Concert – Friday, February 10th 2012 at 8:00 PM
Master Class – Saturday, February 11th at
11:00 AM
Concert Venue:
Marylhurst University St. Anne's Chapel
17600 Pacific Highway
(Hwy. 43),
Marylhurst, OR 97036-0261.
(see map)
Ana Vidovic is an extraordinary talent with formidable gifts taking her place amongst the elite
musicians of the world today.
Ana comes from the small town of Karlovac near Zagreb, Croatia and started playing guitar at
the age of 5, and by 7 had given her first public performance. At the age of 11 she was performing internationally, and at 13 became the youngest student to attend the
prestigious National Musical Academy in Zagreb where she studied with Professor Istvan Romer. Ana’s reputation in Europe led to an invitation to study at the Peabody
Conservatory in Baltimore, USA, with Manuel Barrueco, from where she graduated in May 2003.
At the age of only 23 Ana has won an impressive number of prizes and international competitions
all over the world. These 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.
Ana has given over one thousand public performances since first taking the stage in 1988. Her
international performance career includes recitals in London, Paris, Vienna, Salzburg, Rome, Budapest, Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Oslo, Copenhagen, Toronto, Baltimore, San Francisco,
Houston, Austin, Dallas and St. Louis.
Equally impressive is the fact that she has already recorded 5 CDs, and she will be releasing
her 6th CD with the Naxos label in 2007. As well, Ana has a new performance DVD filmed by Melbay Productions, to be released in 2006.
In 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 continues to broaden her repertoire and maintains an ongoing performance schedule. Please
refer to upcoming concerts for more details.
"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, an exceptionally gifted and interesting musician - who, at 25, is about to
release her sixth recording has been steadily building a reputation as one of the most technically accomplished young players around. And her playing on Saturday was virtually
immaculate - detailed, precise and polished.
But this was no mere virtuostic display. Vidovic's playing is nuanced and intensely personal, both deeply felt and deeply
thought." -Washington Post Review of the concert at the Marlow Guitar Series
"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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