VidovicвЂ™s reputation in Europe led to an invitation to study with Manuel Barrueco at the Peabody Conservatory from which she graduated.The guitar held very little place in my life until I unwrapped one on my thirteenth birthday. She became the youngest student at age 13 to attend the prestigious National Musical Academy in Zagreb where she studied with Professor Istvan Romer. At age 7, she gave her first public performance and at the age of 11 she was performing internationally. 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.ДЄna Vidovic comes from the small town of Karlovac near Zagreb, Croatia, and started playing guitar at the age of 5. 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. 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. 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.ДЇollowing Summer 2019 engagements in Lichtenstein and Dubrovnik, Ana VidovicвЂ™s 2019-20 season includes appearances at An Die Musik in Baltimore, MD as well as soloist with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra recitals in Jacksonville (FL), Los Angeles, Clarksville (TN), Philadelphia and Sedona (AZ) and overseas in Paris, Aachen and Bad Aibling (Germany). Her dazzling concerto performances have taken place with the Asheville Symphony, Bangor Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Evansville Philharmonic, Glacier Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Idaho Falls Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, Knoxville Symphony, Missoula Symphony, Rogue Valley Symphony (Oregon), Orchestra Iowa, Westmoreland Symphony (PA), West Virginia Symphony, Wheeling Symphony Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and with the Slovene Orchestra and Zagreb Philharmonic. Vidovic has performed in recital at the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes College of Music, Baruch College, 92nd St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Fe, Seattle, Washington, DC and New York City where Ms. Worth, Houston, the Hawaiian Islands, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Portland (OR), St. at major performance venues in Austin, Baltimore, Bethesda (The Strathmore), Boston, Champaign, IL (Krannert Center), Cleveland, Dallas, Dayton, Ft. VidovicвЂ™s prolific career has taken her to London where she has performed at KingвЂ™s Place twice Bordeaux and Paris, Carthage (Tunesia), Cuenca (Equador), ViennaвЂ™s Musikverein, AmsterdamвЂ™s Concertgebouw, Avezzano and Pescara (Italy), Aachen, Ansbach, Baden-Baden and Ettlingen (Germany), Japan, Sao Paulo (Brazil), Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney (Australia), Hong Kong, Bulle (Switzerland), Uppsala (Sweden), Istanbul, Tel Aviv, in addition to the Canadian cities of Calgary, Edmonton Kitchener Toronto and Winnipeg, She has performed throughout the U.S. Mel Bay Publications has released Ana VidovicвЂ™s DVD entitled вЂњGuitar Artistry in Concert,вЂќ a journey through the music of Torroba, Piazzolla and Pierre Bensusan, Sergio Assad, Stanley Myers, Villa-Lobos, and Agustin Barrios MangorГ©, and вЂњGuitar Virtuoso,вЂќ a performance of works by Bach, Torroba, Paganini and Walton,Дuring recent seasons Ms. Equally impressive is the fact that she has recorded 6 CDs. Her tours have also taken her to Australia, Brazil, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Mexico. Her international performance career includes frequent recitals, concerto engagements and festival appearances in most of EuropeвЂ™s cultural destinations including Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, London, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Salzburg, Vienna, Warsaw, and Zagreb. She is known for her beautiful tone, precise technique, well-defined phrasing and thoughtful artistry and musicianship. Ana Vidovic is an extraordinary talent with formidable gifts taking her place amongst the elite musicians of the world today.

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