Croatian guitar player Ana Vidovic, will perform in Dublin as part of the Waltons Guitar Festival or Ireland (2-6 July).

Croatian guitar player Ana Vidovic, will perform in Dublin as part of the Waltons Guitar Festival or Ireland (2-6 July).

Croatian guitar player Ana Vidovic, will perform in Dublin as part of the Waltons Guitar Festival or Ireland (2-6 July). Ana Vidovic was born in Karlovac, Croatia in 1980 and began playing guitar at the early age of five. Already at thirteen she was the youngest student ever to enter the National Musical Academy of Zagreb. In her very successful career she has won an impressive number of prizes and international competitions all over the world. These include first prizes in the Albert Augustine International Competition in Bath, the Fernando Sor competition in Rome, the Francisco Tarrega competition in Benicasim, Spain. Other top prizes include the Eurovision Competition for Young Artists, the Mauro Giuliani competition in Italy, the Printemps de la Guitare in Belgium and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York. During her career Ana has given over one thousand public performances since first taking the stage in 1988. including recitals in London, Paris, Vienna, Salzburg, Rome, Budapest, China, Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Oslo, Copenhagen, Toronto, Baltimore, San Francisco, Knoxville, Houston, Austin, Dallas, St. Louis, and Jakarta. The concert by Ana Vidovic will take place on Saturday, 05 July 2008 at 1 pm at the National Gallery of Ireland (Merrion Square, Dublin 2). More information on the concert and the tickets are available at www.gfi.ie

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