Perennial An die Musik Live audience favorite Ana Vidovic returns!

Tickets: $20

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Ana Vidovic is an extraordinary talent with formidable gifts taking her place amongst the elite musicians of the world today. Ms. Vidovic has given over one thousand public performances since first taking the stage in 1988. Her international performance career includes recitals in New York, 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 6 CDs, the most recent for the Naxos label featuring works by F. Moreno Torroba, released in Spring, 2007. Mel Bay Publications released Ana Vidovic's most recent DVD in 2009 entitled "Guitar Artistry in Concert," a journey through the the music of Torroba, Piazzolla and Pierre Bensusan, Sergio Assad, Stanley Myers, Villa-Lobos and Agustin Barrios Mangoré. "Guitar Virtuoso," Ana's performance of works by Bach, Torroba, Paganini and Walton, was released on DVD by the Mel Bay label in 2006.

Ms. Vidovic continues to broaden her repertoire and maintains an ongoing performance schedule in the United States and abroad. Her recital schedule in the USA this season takes her to Portland (OR), Pasadena, Pensacola, Austin, Erie, Baltimore and the 92nd St. Y in NYC; and she performs with the Asheville Symphony.

Her Summer 2008 engagements included Monterrey (Mexico), Dublin, Bulle (Switzerland) and the Interlochen Music Festival in Michigan. Her 2008-09 season internationally includes recitals in Paris, Brazil, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany and Mexico; and, in the US, a concerto performance with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra conducted by Markand Thakar, and recitals in St. Louis and Sarasota. Highlights of Ana Vidovic’s 2007-08 season included tours to Hungary, Croatia, Korea, Colombia and the Netherlands with stateside engagements including recitals at Spivey Hall (Morrow, GA), Richmond (VA), Portland (OR) and Mobile (AL); and a concerto performances with the West Virginia Symphony conducted by Grant Cooper. 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 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 Vidovic 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 with Manuel Barrueco at the Peabody Conservatory where she graduated in 2003.

ACCLAIM:

"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