REVIEWS
Everyone was thrilled. The audience loved her, the students loved her.
It was a huge success.
Ann Silverberg
Vice President
Clarksville Community Concert Association (TN)
March 3 & 4, 2020
Ana’s performance was fantastic. And, she’s so personable and kind with everyone on stage and with the audience. We were all very pleased with her in every way.
Lockwood Hoehl
Executive Director
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
November 3, 2019
Ana was great, charming and played beautifully.
Nick Canellakis
Artistic Director
Sedona Chamber Music Society
November 24, 2019
Our event was an immense success! Ana is an absolute pleasure to work with She performed beautifully (of course), and we are still getting rave reviews about her.
Safe to say she has won over Los Angeles :). You can expect to hear from me to invite her back for future events.
Christopher Reyes Los Angeles https://www.anaandfeiinla.com/ana-xuefei September 28-29, 2019
It was our pleasure to have her back. Ana played beautifully and was such a gracious personality to the audience. Folks raved about her performance and we are still hearing nice comments as we start the week. I’ve heard her three times now and I think she keeps getting better and better.
Eric A. Becher, Ph.D.
Interim Executive Director
Friday Musicale
Jacksonville, FL 32204
www.fridaymusicale.com
September 20, 2019
Ana Vidovic with her wonderful program, her perfect playing and her extraordinarily pleasant personality really enchanted the audience in the sold out hall.
Ana’s master classes were fully booked and highly appreciated. We would have very much liked to have Ana stay here longer. She would have had a lot of work with lessons the whole week long!
We very much hope that there will be a next time here in Liechtenstein with the great Ana Vidovic.
Johanna Noser
Schriftführerin
Liechtensteiner Gitarrenzirkel
www.ligita.li
July 8-9, 2019
It could not have been better, we were so happy to welcome Ana at Liechtenstein, the concert was within one the best on this festival of all time, the audience was blown away.
Ana Vidovic with her wonderful program, her perfect playing and her extraordinarily pleasant personality really enchanted the audience in the sold out hall.
Ana’s master classes were fully booked and highly appreciated. We would have very much liked to have Ana stay here longer. She would have had a lot of work with lessons the whole week long.
We could not be happier and hope that Ms Vidovic will come back to us again in the future!
Roger Szedalik
Johanna Noser
Liechtensteiner Gitarrenzirkel
www.ligita.li
July 8, 2019
The performance was nothing less than exceptional. Ms Ana is a true professional with all the right set of skills. We were completely taken by her humility, flexibility and professionalism. She provided a priceless value to our event and everyone was delighted by her performance and company.
Morana Papic
Zadar Tourist Board (Croatia)
April 5, 2019
Ana was really fantastic to have here. She was incredibly gracious in the pre-concert Insights, and of course, a superb artist. The extra event she offered was so well-received and she was extraordinarily warm and engaging with patrons during that event. Really, I can’t say enough good things – it was a real pleasure to have her join our orchestra this season!
Jeffrey Collier
Chief Executive Officer
ORCHESTRA IOWA
www.orchestraiowa.org
March 15-17, 2019
Feedback from Kahilu Theatre audience:
It was an absolute pleasure to listen to such skillful playing
Absolutely a wonderful performance, to be visiting here on the big island and be walking and see a poster of Ana Vidovic in concert! also getting to see her in person and all her wonderful beauty and talent! this was a very fortuitous experience. The theater was wonderful, she was great!!
We enjoyed Ana’s performance as first timers. Our ages ranged from 14 to 54.
It was a pleasure to hear an acoustical guitar played so beautifully.
A once in a lifetime experience! I had been waiting for this concert for months… I cannot believe you guys could make such a star come here to play for us!!!
Chuck Gessert
Artistic Director
Kahilu Theatre
Kamuela, HI
March 21, 2019
The Hilo audience was enraptured by her, as were all of us who had the chance to spend time with her.
Tom Geballe, President
Hawaii Concert Society
March 22, 2019
She was wonderful and charming, gave a great master class and a fabulous concert. The review is well deserved. We’re looking forward to having her back.
Erik Mann
Executive Director
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society
October 20, 2018
Ana Vidovic was a wonderful guest artist with The Apollo Orchestra! We were thrilled to welcome her back: her wonderful musicality, prodigious technique, and beautiful personality on and off stage are always such a pleasure to experience! We look forward to another future collaboration.
Virginia Lum
September 15, 2018
It was a pleasure having Ana, she is a fabulous talent!
Looking forward to another performance in the spring 🙂
Justin Kantor
Co Founder | Managing Member
(Le) Poisson Rouge
September 12, 2018
We had a wonderful weekend with Ana!
It was a pleasure to work with her and her playing was absolutely beautiful.
Amanda Meliosky, Artistic Planning Manager
North Carolina Symphony
June 23, 2018
Ms. Vidovic’s performance was nothing short of sublime. She demonstrated a complete command of the instrument, effortlessly ripping off long runs with great power and precision and juxtaposing them with the most delicate, feather light decrescendos and ritardandos. In between, she played every other nuance and subtlety imaginable. I had watched and studied many many hours of her playing on video and had been blown away. When I saw it all live from less than 10 feet away, it was hard to believe it was real. What power. What grace. What intricacy.
Personally, Ms. Vidovic was sweet as pie as we say in the South. Everyone was astounded at her amazing level of modesty. Not an ounce of arrogance. Not a drop of ego. She seemed genuinely uncomfortable accepting compliments, though I’m sure she’s received 10,000 of them or more. She introduced herself to my mother as simply “Ana” with such understatement that my mother thought she was just a friend of mine who came to see someone else perform. I got the fun of saying, “No, Mom, I don’t think you understand, this is the world’s greatest guitarist.”
Douglas W. Ackerman
Orlando, FL
May 11, 2018
Ana is AMAZING! People came from all over Florida, as well as Turks & Cacaos and Costa Rica to see her! Many of our patrons mentioned that this was one of the best Concerts of the Season – which ends the end of May. We are so honored that we had the pleasure of having Ana at Friday Musicale.
Naomi Sheridan
Executive Director
Friday Musicale
Jacksonville, FL
May 4, 2018
“The audience was amazed by the impressive talent of Ana and her humility, she is an amazing person and her concert was spectacular.”
Diana Carrasco
International “Ricardo Castro” Festival
Durango, Mexico
March 30 and 31, 2018
“We were so happy having Ana in Idaho Falls! She was so easy going and enjoyable to work with, I hope to work with her again in the future. Her masterclass was well attended and I thought she was able to offer unique insights into the students’ playing. She seems like a very natural teacher! With the orchestra we had a very easy time, the Rodrigo came together seamlessly due to her great musicianship and mastery of the work. The performance was flawless as far as I was concerned, it was deeply satisfying for me and I hope Ana enjoyed it, too. Our audience reaction was over the top, we have been hearing lots praise and accolades.”
Thomas Heuser
Music Director and Conductor
Idaho Falls Symphony, Idaho Falls (ID)
Feb. 10, 2018
“The concert was very nice – the audience was amazed, from the playing of course and Anas pleasant presentation.
It was uncomplicated to work with Ana!”
Laura Hager, MA
Jeunesse – Musikalische Jugend Österreichs
November 24, 2017
“We were extremely pleased with the overall outcome. We knew that Ana would be amazing and charming as usual, but we didn’t know what type of audience we would get since we were still recovering from the storm. The concert was a tremendous success, it was completely sold out and people loved her performance. I also must thank both of you for agreeing to the TV interview, that meant a lot!”
Federico Musgrove Stetson, D. M. A.
President & Executive Director
Florida guitar foundation
www.floridaguitar.org
September 29, 2017
“Thank you again for working with us on bringing Ana back to Chicago – it was a great concert once again, and she was terrific in embracing the new piece which won our composition competition this year. Ana and I really seem to click as an ensemble, hopefully we will have more opportunities to collaborate in the future!”David Lisker
Lisker Foundation
October 26, 2017
“Huge success – she is a pro.”
David Vroman
Bradley University
October 21, 2017
“Thanks so much for spending time with our Bradley family last weekend. In the course of a short visit and much conversation, I forgot to say a simple thank you for a wonderful concert. All of us are very grateful for the concert experience and valuable insights from the master class.”
Michael Hull
Bradley University
October 21, 2017
Everyone was blown away by the performance. Everyone! A number of people remarked that they had never heard such clear, precise playing, and such beautiful interpretation. She absolutely knocked this performance out of the park.
And she was wonderful with her coaching of the three students during the master class. Her comments were “spot on”. And she really connected with the three young adults. They listened, understood, and began to execute, which was great to see.
Please extend my very sincere thanks to Ana for her help in making this scholarship fundraiser a huge success. It was a pleasure to host her in Los Angeles.
Brian L. Payne, P. E.
EDM Services, Inc.
Simi Valley, California 93063
April 29, 2017
June 4, 2016
“The featured artist was guitarist Ana Vidovic. Born in Croatia, she is an international soloist based in the US. Her mastery of the guitar is mesmerizing. The sounds, rich and full in every dynamic from forte to pianissimo, captured the audience.
She played a varied program, much of it virtuoso guitar works and ending with the familiar such as Granada. I purchased one of her CDs and cannot stop listening to it.”
Dayton Public Radio – fundraiser
April 15, 2016
Ana Vidovic’s concert was stunning! We heard raves from the audience Friday night, and have received some wonderful emails praising Ms. Vidovic’s performance.
Sandra Noë
Managing Director
Performance Santa Fe
January 31, 2015
Ms. Vidovic’s concert was spectacular. She ended up having a sold out performance the week of – and I could definitely see why! The patrons were pouring in and I could sense that everyone’s expectations of the performance were high and those expectations were met by Ana’s performance.
I was so impressed by the ease of her conveying a wide range of dynamics, especially of softer and gentler passages which were plentiful in Torroba and Mozart. Her phrases were impeccable, every note was clean and precise, even during the most ornamental and technically demanding passages. I’ve never heard guitar music that was so convincing in bringing out artistic nuances that make classical guitar such a uniquely wonderful art form to experience – she really was the epitome of what classical guitar should sound like – I was blown away.
I also appreciated how poised and elegant she looked and in how she spoke to the audience after her first piece. She really made the audience feel comfortable and it was clear how much she valued stage presence and presentation and how that connection heightens the audience’s experience.
I do hope we bring Ms. Vidovic back for a future performance! The community loves her!
Corey Glenton, Marketing Coordinator, Northwestern University Bienen School of Music
Ana’a concert was mesmerizing, splendid, breathtaking – you name it. There are many superlatives that come to mind.
She is truly an artist with a deep sense of the matter – her Walton Bagatelles were my favorite – astounding interpretation.
Thank you for helping her to come to Sarasota again with hopefully many more visits in the future.
Best regards,
Thomas Koch, President, Guitar Sarasota
Ana was wonderful to our students and faculty. Her performance was brilliant. She is a consummate professional. Thank you for arranging her visit. I believe she is one of the truly elite players. Her presentation and master class were very classy and she uplifted the students with encouragement. Several faculty, staff and students have commented to me what a great impression she made on them. (September, 2013)
Michael Hull, Bradley University
Ana was simply wonderful.
Her playing was strong, confident, beautifully crafted and technically immaculate. She looked and sounded great.
She is also a genuinely nice person.
Tom Kerstens, Artistic Director & CEO IGF (International Guitar Foundation)
London Guitar Festival
Bath Guitar Festival
North East Guitar Festival
BGS Records
Ana was really lovely to work with. In the concerto she was a sensitive and astute soloist, with natural musical instincts. In addition to the musical work onstage, her appearance for the donor event exuded a warm spirit. Several people remarked about her openness and engaging personality. Ms. Vidovic proved a consummate professional. It was indeed the orchestra’s and my pleasure to collaborate with her during this special week in Wheeling.
Kind Regards,
André Raphel
Music Director, Wheeling Symphony
Ana was a DREAM to work with. She is a consumate artist first and foremost. I’ve played the Concierto de Aranjuez with many guitarists, including Angel Romero and Manuel Barrueco (Ana’s teacher), and no one has played it better than she. Not only was she rhythmically solid (NOT a given with guitar soloists!), but she played so musically — and technically flawlessly. I have never heard our audience as absolutely quiet as they were for the 2nd mvt of the Aranjuez – for the ENTIRE movement you could hear a pin drop. And, while I was offstage for her encore, I could tell that it was mesmorizing. Diane, Ana is the TOTAL package, and at a much more reasonable fee than the aforementioned guitartists. You should recommend her to all your conductors for starters — and feel free to share my remarks with any and all of them. We couldn’t have asked for a better opening night!
Thanks, Alfred (Savia)
It was such a pleasure to work with Ana in Knoxville. She was a joy to work with onstage, as well as in our pre-concert presentations to the audience and our interactions with donors and supporters at a reception following the performance. I was very impressed with her grace and poise, confidence, musicianship and warm collaboration. She brought the music to life and had strong opinions about the piece balanced with a good amount of flexibility and collaborative spirit. I certainly hope to work with her again – it was a pleasure.
Kelly Corcoran
http://www.kellycorcoran.net
Regarding the Ana Vidovic master class at Allied Music Instructors with the Knoxville Bella Corda. (The Knoxville Bella Corda is a performing group of advancing young guitar students at our school). Ana was wonderful with our students; she provided great technical pointers, encouragement, and her playing was a great inspiration to them. Every student gave very positive feedback about the experience.
Thanks again,
Jeff Comas
Allied Music Instructors/Knoxville, TN (March, 2013)
I just wanted to let you know what a pleasure it was to have guitarist Ana Vidovic with us for our season opening concert this past weekend. This was our first opportunity to work with Ms. Vidovic. We found her to be highly professional, friendly, and accommodating. I asked her to attend a post-concert reception and meet with donors, which she did. She was gracious and warm to our Board and donors, and charmed everybody she met. Also at my request, she made a small stage announcement prior to her encore regarding an education program of the TSO this is in its 15th year this season. Finally, and most importantly, she is a fine artist. Her performance of the Rodrigo concerto was powerful, contemplative, and impeccable. With her playing, there is no nonsense, no flash, no histrionics – just a deeply talented artist who clearly loves her instrument and is completely absorbed in the task of musical expression. Her artistry is of a depth one would not expect in such a young performer. We were delighted to have her with us and ask that you pass on to her our appreciation.
— Sincerely, Andrew C. Buelow
Executive Director, Tacoma Philharmonic October, 2010
“Ana’s recital was a total pleasure, from her superb musicianship to her warm personality, which shined during both the concert and the post-recital conversation. The audience responded enthusiastically to each piece and kept encouraging her to continue after she completed the program and two encores.”
— Lockwood Hoehl
Executive Director
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Thank you for the work you did to bring Ana to Interlochen again this summer. She is, without doubt, one of the finest classical guitarists performing today. She has been recognized in the past for having incredible technical facility, which she still has, but now she has really emerged as a sensitive, thoughtful artist as well. Her performance of the Castelnuovo-Tedesco to open her concert was simply breathtaking! That is a very challenging work for both the performer and the audience and I have never heard it played better. To shorten the email, I will say the the rest of the program followed suit! Overall, I felt that her playing leaves nothing to be desired. Beautiful tone, precise technique, well defined phrasing, and extremely thoughtful artistry and musicianship. Then, she really added a lot to our panel discussion. She was there along with several seasoned performers and had responses to the audience questions that were well crafted, to the point, and very enlightening. She was the same in the masterclasses – all the students who performed were very impressed. Because she is young, I didn’t honestly expect the classes and panel discussion to be one of her strengths, but she was very comfortable and really had a great deal to offer.
So, she was a star in every facet of this festival. She will no doubt shine for many years in many concert halls and classrooms and I hope to bring her back to Michigan as often as is possible.
— Dr. Brad DeRochel
Music Department, Guitar
Delta College
University Center, Michigan
