40 under 40 – 2017 winners

Ana Vidovic

Ana Vidovic
Baltimore Maryland.
World Renown Classical Guitarist. Official Website

Ana is truly an Ambassador for Croatia through her music and her performances all over the world. She has won 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 Symphony Orchestra and on Croatian Radio and Television, as well as having been featured in three television documentaries by the eminent Croatian film director Petar Krelja.

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Ana comes from the small town of Karlovac near Zagreb, Croatia, and started playing guitar at the age of five, and by seven 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 NationalMusical 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 in Baltimore from which she graduated and then off around the world sharing her classical guitar talent. Click in the middle of Ana’s video below to view one of her many Performances on YouTube.com.

Her international performance career includes recitals, concerto engagements and festival appearances in many of Europe’s cultural destinations including Budapest, Copenhagen, London, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Salzburg, Vienna, Warsaw and Zagreb. In North America, audiences have seen her on the stages of Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Houston, New York City, San Francisco, St. Louis, Toronto, and Washington, DC. During recent seasons Ana’s prolific career has taken her to London where she has performed at King’s Place twice; Bordeaux and Paris, Carthage (Tunesia), Cuenca (Equador), Vienna’s Musikverein, Avezzano and Pescara (Italy), Aachen, Ansbach and Ettlingen (Germany), Japan, Sao Paulo (Brazil), Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney (Australia), Hong Kong, Bulle (Switzerland), Uppsala (Sweden), Istanbul and Tel Aviv.

Her concerto performances have taken place with the West Virginia Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Asheville Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, Knoxville Symphony, Missoula Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra; and with the Slovene Orchestra in Slovenia and Zagreb Philharmonic.

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