About

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 her recording career which will soon include a new release by Octave Records, a live performance with works by Bach, Giuliani, Mangore, Scarlatti and Sor. During recent seasons Ms. Vidovic’s prolific career has taken her to London where she has performed at King’s Place three times; 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. Performing 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 symphony orchestras including those of Asheville, Bangor, Erie, Hartford, Illinois, Knoxville, Missoula, Rogue Valley (Oregon), Iowa, West Virginia, Wheeling and 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, Lake Tahoe Summerfest and Ventura Music Festival (CA).
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many of Ms. Vidovic’s engagements were redesigned to perform at venues in live-stream concerts, including the 92nd St Y in NYC, Philadelphia and San Francisco (Omni Concerts). Her on-line masterclasses in Athens during the pandemic continued beyond the health crisis. She performed and taught in Athens during the 2022-23 season, and returns in March, 2024. Summer 2022 included the Madrid International Guitar Festival, Mediterranean Guitar Festival in Barcelona and New Ross Festival in Wexford, Ireland. In addition to her return to London in Fall 2022, Ms. Vidovic performed at the Drôme Guitar Festival in Valence, France; Trento, Italy, and a tour in Spain in addition to concerts in Rome and Germany. Further USA engagements in 2022-23 included the Asheville Symphony, Austin Symphony, Elgin Symphony, (IL), and recitals in Sarasota and Milwaukee. Following Ana Vidovic’s Summer 2023 performances in Barcelona and Cordoba, Spain; and at Ventura Music Festival, highlights of her 2023-24 season include recitals in Montreal, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle; concerto engagements with the Flint (MI) Symphony and Reading (PA) Symphony, and a tour in Spain with the Hungarian National Philharmonic. 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 and the Francisco Tarrega competition in Spain. 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. 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.

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I am grateful to you and Ana for yesterday's performance. It was a hug success in every way. The house was packed with Ana's admirers, who were enthusastic and enthralled. Ana's performance was very beautiful. I loved her choice of repertoire, which really highlighted her amazing musicianship. She is a first-rate artist, as you know. I loved every phrase. Her stage presence was superb and her chat with the audience was wonderful.
Eric Bertoluzzi, Executive DirectorEnglewood Arts Council (CO)
May 20, 2023
As expected, the event was a great success. Nothing you haven't heard before such as outstanding musicality, virtuosity and a connection with the audience. One comment I received illustrates the audience connection: "I am always happy when the concert is a success, like this one was! It was clear only if one had to look at the amount of people who waited to speak with Ana, especially considering how long they had to wait in line after quite a long concert."
Thomas Lizdas
Milwaukee Classical Guitar Society
February 10-11, 2023
I can say with confidence that Ana's concert was one of the best I had attended. The pieces she had chosen for the program would delight a person who has never attended a classical guitar concert before as well as guitar aficionados and professional guitarists. She was so gracious to meet with the audience after the concert. The long line of people who wanted to greet Ana was a testament not just to her mastery but also to her ability to reach the audience on a very deep human level. The same response I had observed during the visit to the Latino Arts Guitar program when about 100 kids were able to meet Ana up close, ask her questions, and play for her. It was great to see kids ages 8-15 with the sparkle in their eyes asking questions. I am sure they will remember meeting with Ana for the years to come.
Irina Yanovskaya
Director of Education and Outreach
Co-Founder
Milwaukee Classical Guitar Society
We are all very impressed of the playing and teaching that Ana Vidovic presented here in Hamburg. The concerts were really amazing and were the moment in the festival when we knew that all the work of the past weeks had been worth it! We very much hope that Ana felt comfortable with us and that we can see her again soon in Hamburg.
Christian Moritz
Hamburg Guitar Festival
www.gitarrehamburg.de
October 31-November 1, 2020
As you know, Ana, is an amazing musician and everyone loved her! She was the perfect artist for Matinee Musicale’s first in-person concert in 2 yrs. There was another couple who drove from southwest MN, 6 hrs, to the concert! It was great to meet Ana. She’s a lovely person.
Kim Squillace
Matinee Musicale
Chair, Artist Committee
We are delighted with how well Ana's concert went. Ana played beautifully, as always, and her warm personality won over the audience.
Marietta is a small town with a population of 15,000. The nearest city of any size is Columbus, Ohio, which is over 100 miles away, yet we had about 200 people at the concert. The audience was a mixture of those familiar with Ana and those who were hearing a classical guitarist for the first time. I am aware of people who attended from all over Ohio and West Virginia, as well as from Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Tennessee. I am also aware of one couple who planned to attend from Georgia, but had to cancel due to a family issue. In other words, Ana's concert drew lovers of classical guitar from 100's of miles away. There were even four gentlemen from South Korea who were in the area on business. When they learned that Ana was performing in Marietta, they immediately bought tickets and were delighted to finally see her in person. After the concert several people came up to me and thanked me for facilitating Ana's coming to Marietta. Some of the comments were: "A once in a lifetime experience", "Life changing", "The best thing that has happened to my wife and me this year", "I was blown away", One email read: "She was wonderful! I closed my eyes and watched the images she painted move about in my head. Wow!"
One of the board members of our local theater, which maintains a rather full schedule of performers, such as Clint Black and Wynonna Judd, was amazed at the distance people travelled to hear Ana. He said the theater doesn't draw from those distances. It was wonderful to spend time with Ana and to share her artistry with others.
Richard Miller
First Congregational Church
Marietta, OH
March 27, 2022
My name is Sam/Samuel Black, I live in Duluth, MN, and I am part of the Matinee Musicale organization that hosted Ana in recital last night, 22 March, 2022. I was responsible for creating the program notes for the evening concert. The event was incredibly warm and intimate, as Ana sat on her piano bench, and played to about 300 or so people from the very best hot spot on the stage. Her choice of program was diverse and flawless, as we have come to expect from her preparation. I was really happy she kept La Catedral in the program, and after the completed program, the applause merited one encore, and a gentleman verbally tossed out Un dia de Noviembre. She responded with warmth, and shared this lovely piece as her final playing. It had been part of the original program, then cut, then appeared as an encore. Stupendous music. Sitting very close and watching all ten of Ana's fingers is such a delight. I am a fairly accomplished chamber pianist, with lots of finger activity myself, so watching her move left and right hands on the guitar was beautiful. Her focus on each piece, and her radically different approach to the mood and modality of the variety on the program, made for an exceptional evening of intimate guitar music with a good room and a warm audience. I will continue to listen to her playing in the coming months, for sure.
I wanted to know the maker of the guitar she used last night, since I've seen several makers on her recordings. And I want to share my happiness of watching her live, after two weeks of watching her on-line for a few hours every day, as I prepared my program notes. Finally having this live concert in Duluth was worth the waiting. Thanks for making this email a possible sharing spot. Ana was intimately in communication with the audience from the first moment her fingers plucked the Bach.
Samuel Black
Matinee Musicale
Duluth, MN
March 22, 2022
I said it to Ana last night myself; she transported me with that performance. I thought it was one of the most memorable performances I've heard. It was an absolutely fantastic concert!! Ana is a totally consummate performer, and I enjoyed every second of it! I have attended many classic guitar concerts in my lifetime, and none of them have eclipsed this event. The particular thing is that most of the pieces she played are well known in the guitar world, but she made those same old pieces to be seen in a different light, with beautiful, robust sound. A lovely evening. Phenomenal performance by Ana, without question.
Kim Squillace
Matinee Musicale
Chair, Artist Committee
Just writing to let you know we very much enjoyed your concert last night. It was more than worth the three-hour drive from Minneapolis in crappy weather. I knew you were a great musician and gorgeous. Didn’t not know till last night that you are also very humble and a nice person. I hope you will come back to Minnesota soon and play in the Twin Cities. Lots of great venues down here.”
Audience Member
Matinee Musicale
March 22, 2022