Croatian-born guitarist performs in Englewood

Ana Vidović began career as child prodigy in Europe

Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Posted 5/30/23

Hampden Hall, on the second floor of the Englewood Civic Center, was filled on May 20 with fans of classical guitar who came to hear internationally recognized artist Ana Vidović perform works by …

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Croatian-born guitarist performs in Englewood

Ana Vidović began career as child prodigy in Europe

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Hampden Hall, on the second floor of the Englewood Civic Center, was filled on May 20 with fans of classical guitar who came to hear internationally recognized artist Ana Vidović perform works by Bach, Giuliani, Mangore, Scarlatti and Sor.

The Peabody Institute graduate, who lives in Baltimore, is from the small town of Karlovac in Croatia, where her father was a bass guitarist who performed nationwide with his band in his youth.

Vidović started playing guitar at age 5 in her hometown near the capital of Zagreb. She was in a local music show at 7 and began performing internationally at 11.

She was admitted to Zagreb’s Academy of Music and studied with Istvan Roner until she graduated. Her reputation grew quickly in Europe and she was then invited by internationally famous Manuel Barrueccos to study at Baltimore’s famed Peabody Conservatory, where she graduated in 2003. She continues to make her home in Baltimore.

Vidović has performed throughout the U.S. and at major international performance venues in Austin, Boston, Cleveland, Dallas, Dayton, NYC, San Francisco, Australia, Japan, London, Brussels, Budapest, Salzburg, Vienna, Santa Fe and many more locations and has recorded six CDs. Summer performances include the Colorado Music Festival and Lake Tahoe.

She is teaching online master classes from Athens, Greece, where she will perform and teach through 2023. Live performances were important in the 2021-22 season, as well as the current year. There is a Vidović DVD, called “Guitar Artistry in Concert,” which includes music by Torroba, Piazolla and Pierre Bensusan Sergiio Assad, Stanley Myers, Villa-Lobos and Agustin Barrios Mangore, and “Guitar Virtuoso,” a performance of works by Bach, Torroba, Paganini and Walton.

Englewood Arts Presents is offering three more summer concerts at 2 p.m. on Saturdays:

June 3: Piano duets by Jennie Liu and Kevin Rojas: (Bach: English Suite; Rimsky-Korsakov: “Sherezade: The Young Prince and Young Princess” and Beethoven: “Piano Sonata No. 21, “Waldstein.”)

June 24: Saxophone and piano. (Sergie Govorox, saxophone and Britta De Groot, piano.)

July 18: Violin sonatas: Susan Paik, violin, and Teddy Niedermaier, piano.

Planning for the next season is underway and we will list it when received. These matinees are a really magical way to spend a Saturday afternoon. See Englewood Arts Presents at englewoodarts.org for information. Tickets are reasonably priced.

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