Ana Vidović, Croatian Classical Guitarist
Ana Vidović is a Croatian classical guitarist, born on 8 November 1980 in Karlovac near Zagreb, and one of the most admired players of her generation. Her warm tone and precise technique have made her a favourite with audiences around the world. She plays guitars by the Australian luthier Jim Redgate.
Ana Vidović has been our guest at Siccas Guitars several times, and a large part of her repertoire can be heard on our channel. Her recording of Asturias has been watched more than 50 million times, her Recuerdos de la Alhambra more than 12 million times.
Early Years and Education
She began playing the guitar at the age of five and was performing internationally by the time she was eleven. At thirteen she became the youngest student at the National Musical Academy in Zagreb, where she studied with Professor Istvan Romer and graduated in 1998. She then moved to the United States to study with Manuel Barrueco at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, graduating in 2003.
Competitions and Prizes
Ana Vidović won first prizes at the Albert Augustine International Competition in Bath, the Fernando Sor Competition in Rome and the Francisco Tárrega Competition in Benicàssim. She also took prizes at the Eurovision Young Musicians competition, the Mauro Giuliani Competition, Printemps de la Guitare in Belgium and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York. In Croatia she has been the subject of three television documentaries by the director Petar Krelja.
Concert Career
Her concerts have taken her to Amsterdam, Budapest, Copenhagen, London, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Salzburg, Vienna, Warsaw and Zagreb, to Hong Kong, Istanbul and Tel Aviv, and across North America, from New York, Boston, Washington and Philadelphia to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. She has appeared at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Musikverein in Vienna. As a soloist with orchestra she has performed with the Zagreb Philharmonic, the Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, the Hungarian National Philharmonic and many American orchestras, among them the Hartford, Knoxville and West Virginia symphony orchestras.
Which Guitar Does Ana Vidović Play?
Ana Vidović plays guitars by Jim Redgate, a highly sought-after luthier from Australia who has also built instruments for Pepe Romero and Odair Assad. Redgate is known for lattice-braced guitars with a light build, great volume, rich harmonics and a very clear sound. Her own Redgate is lattice-braced. We once had a 2019 Redgate in the shop that was an exact copy of the guitar she plays, with a cedar top, Bolivian rosewood back and sides and a 650 mm scale.
In her 2025 concert video for Siccas Guitars she plays a new Jim Redgate doubletop from 2025, built exclusively for our shop. On it she recorded Bach's Chaconne and Flute Partita, Piazzolla's Verano Porteño and Schubert's Ständchen. You can find the Redgate guitars currently available in our Jim Redgate collection, and more about the luthier in our portrait of Jim Redgate.
Ana Vidović at Siccas Guitars
Each of these articles introduces a piece and includes her performance.
- Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega
- Asturias (Leyenda) by Isaac Albéniz
- La Catedral by Agustín Barrios
- Una limosna por el amor de Dios by Agustín Barrios
- Prelude from the Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007, by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9, by Fernando Sor
- Sonata in D minor, K. 1, by Domenico Scarlatti
- Vals Venezolano No. 2 by Antonio Lauro
- Vals Venezolano No. 3 “Natalia” by Antonio Lauro
- Yesterday by The Beatles, arranged by Toru Takemitsu
Concerts
Masterclasses on technique
Recordings
Ana Vidović (1994)
Ana Vidović, Guitar (1996)
The Croatian Prodigy (1999)
Guitar Recital (2000)
Ana Vidović Live! (2001)
Moreno Torroba, Guitar Music Vol. 1 (2007)
Live at Hampden Hall (2023)
On DVD she has released Guitar Virtuoso (2006) and Guitar Artistry in Concert (2009).
Ana Vidović's official website is www.anavidovic.com. Meet more players in our list of great classical guitarists.
