I lived in Madrid for four years. I have heard this played hundreds of times by numerous fine guitarists. I have never heard it played with such absolute technical precision and perfect artistic delivery. Doesn't everyone realize that her playing is "miraculous"?

@Blue_3rd

Жыл бұрын

I’ve just seen her play this at the National Auditorium in Madrid (3 hours ago) and it was absolutely stunning. An amazing performance. As an encore she took a request from the audience and played it perfectly 😊

@alunghelna3753

Жыл бұрын

Ana vidovic IS the best classical guitarist, she plays any piece perfectly, Amazing how human can reach that level Ana does.... I think she is an Angel... 😍♥️🤗😇

@CarpeDiem23

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree

@ibrahimismail5625

6 ай бұрын

Yea I tried playing this The technique isn't that hard but making it sound like music is another thing

@SBCBears

4 ай бұрын

"Heavenly" comes to mind. I've heard people say that something was so beautiful that it brought them to tears. Ana's playing does that to me.

I haven't heard yet, anyone playing this piece with more perfection, but also the right expression and dynamics. Lets remember this is live, all alone, in front of an audience, 1 take, no more chances to do it right. No other instrument that may help you hide a missed note. This are the most difficult types of performance if you ask me. And she nailed it. A real master classical guitarrist.

What makes this better is that Ana is very nice. My daughter was fortunate enough to have a masterclass with her. She was so kind to a 12 year old girl. This is one of my favorite pieces my daughter plays along with Sunburst by Andrew York.

@johnfloyd4166

6 күн бұрын

Wow❤😊

Thank you Phil for including a world class classical guitarist in your show. Your comments and analysis clearly reveal a sincere appreciation and understanding of that genre. I’m one of those old rockers who took up classical somewhat late in life & I’m glad I did. Hope you feature more classical players in the future.

One of my classical favorites! Fil I love how you just ENJOY great guitar playing in all it's forms. It is fun to watch the sheer joy on your face as you appreciate artistry in all genres.

@jpcolindesign517

5 жыл бұрын

It is very compelling to see people who love music, or any of the Arts, so much. I am a writer by formal training, and moving towards extending my formal training into Visual Art and Music (a return to Music). When I have found pieces that I love, it has sometimes moved me to tears. (Part of that is severe PTSD from my military service, but good Art IS moving even so!)

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

👍😁

And Katy Perry makes millions. What a world, what a world.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

👍😅

@glumOr

5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter, what matters is that in one hundred years from now, people will still watch this video but Katy Perry will be forgotten. What matters is time.

@briannewell6064

5 жыл бұрын

I don't have that much time left. Suck it up Brian.

@glumOr

5 жыл бұрын

@@briannewell6064 haha yeah i understand. But you get what i mean.

@semifast2

3 жыл бұрын

your comment implies money is a proper measure of artistry at the same time you insult someone's artistry because they make a lot of money.

Wonderful ,Masterful, Emotional, I don’t really know what else to say, What Wonderful talent this Young Woman has , and always remember if you really want to achieve this kind of mastery of an Instrument you won’t EVER get there playing pointless computer games, know what I mean 🌞❤️👍🏻

Well done, so happy to hear someone like yourself assessing this Maestro. I am not a musician but play some guitar. This is my second favourite piece on guitar and recently viewed Ana playing this . After hearing her play my first favourite piece Concerto de Aranjuez as a solo. I said then that her rendition sounded even better or at least equal to John Williams or Julian Bream. Who I saw performing this with orchestra many years back.

I believe this is an example of what a lot of players are lacking. Feeling and dynamics. It's one thing to play the runs, and another to make people feel the music. This girl has got it all down pat! THIS is talent!👍😎🎸🎶

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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Absolutely mesmerizing. It’s like listening to music being played by an angel, so pure and perfect. Great analysis Fil. Thanks for expanding all of our guitar player horizons by covering so many genres and so many great talents.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

No problem!

No one performs this piece better. She's the best.

@alunghelna3753

Жыл бұрын

She is. She is an Angel.

@ibrahimismail5625

6 ай бұрын

​@alunghelna3753 why tf are we randomly crushing on classical guitarists

@SBCBears

4 ай бұрын

@@alunghelna3753 Her playing is certainly angelic.

And not only this piece, but hours of music, where almost every second is different. Mind boggling. Fantastic performance.

Memorizing this piece is easy but the techniques, execution and musicality(expressions) involved is where the true artistry comes in and Ana has got it in spades. 🙌🏼👏

Ana is one of my favorite classical artists. I am also a big fan of Paola Hermosin, a very versatile guitarist, teacher and music historian. Paola sings nicely along with guitar.

Great critique. And yep, she's a wonder! Makes that Jim Redgate guitar sing like an instrument from heaven. And she plays tremelo using only two fingers(I & M) rather than the usual three, yet is still flows so smoothly. What a performance!

@userb025

7 ай бұрын

Yes, ima is more usual but I think often suffers rhythmically and dynamically. I did not know of the im technique but wish I had. So many hours of exercise getting that a finger, really all fingers equal. She is the master of pim, for sure.

...and the meanest thing is: she makes it look SO easy. Thats the essence of years of practising.

@tmcgrenere

4 жыл бұрын

My mistake I think was trying to learn all instruments and never mastering any?

You have a great understanding of technique, your analysis was pretty much spot on. It can take many months learning a piece like this. The amount of work - especially in dynamics, is particularly hard to master. It's so great that we have people like Ana Vidovic and David Russell keeping classical guitar, and amazing composers like Albeniz, alive today.

Had the privilege of seeing Ana live in London at the end of October. Amazing concert and she played Asturias as an encore. I had tears in my eyes. Beautiful, just beautiful.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

Cool!

Even among classical guitar players, she is amazing. She produces a crisp tone that is unusual.

albeniz was a 19th century piano virtuoso and composer who wrote loads for piano, strangely he never wrote for guitar as it wasn’t really a concert instrument in his day, although i play asturias on guitar and piano, most of his piano works sound better on guitar than piano imho, it gives it a much more romantic, spanish feel.

@justinludeman8424

Жыл бұрын

Albeniz was a huge fan of Tárrega and Miguel Llobet and the way in which they arranged his piano pieces. He is said to have remarked to Tárrega playing his Serenata 'This is what I had conceived', as cited by Emilio Pujol in Tárrega, Ensayo Biografico (Lisbon 1960, p. 104). Albeniz, like Enrique Granados, Joaquin Malats, (and Rodrigo etc later) understood guitar as the idiomatic heart-string of Spanish folk music and thus we have so much evocative music that lends itself perfectly to transcription/arrangement on guitar.

@gitarisngasal4678

Жыл бұрын

Yes and Segovia rearranged this for the classical guitar

My son had the honor to be in a small masterclass with her. She's very soft spoken, warm, patient, and has that aura about her. I have no doubt she will be one of if not the greatest female classical guitarist.

@williambudd2630

3 жыл бұрын

If you want to hear someone who will be a great female guitarist, listen to Chaconne Klaverenga

@richardmindemann6935

2 жыл бұрын

You can drop the gender. She is one of the greatest...period.

Wow. She is tremendous. The tone and clarity she is getting out of that thing, along with the spot on timing and her dynamics and emotional feel... really something special. Fuck she is good, man.

There are two kinds of guitarists...classical and everybody else.

@GwladYrHaf

3 жыл бұрын

Flamenco raises the hint of an eyebrow

@milanradulovic3915

2 жыл бұрын

@@GwladYrHaf Flamenco is like a God in that category. watching those 2

@MariUSukulele

2 жыл бұрын

there! you said it!

@lindabennett6562

2 жыл бұрын

Can’t take away anyones guitar playing. I’ve studied classical and i play flattop guitar, both are fantastic.

@teok5665

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nndsqMuGZZiYZto.html Not classical :)

Thanks Fil...so beautiful and relaxing to listen to!.....I'm not familiar enough with classical guitar, so I appreciate your explanation of technics and the genre itself. I hope you analyze more classical guitarists like Ana....✌💗🤘

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lori!

Thanks for this breakdown! One of my favorite performances of all time. I watched a short vid of her conducting a master-class, and one bit of advice she gave a player after he had run through a phrase, was priceless to me, and should be across all styles of guitar playing. And that was to make sure that your fingers are at the fret you are just about to play BEFORE you play it...never rush to a note or it will cut its flavor, and timbre. I sat from here to just over there and watched Segovia play this piece, and although he was well on in years and still had that famous 'expression'...he could not hold a candle to this performance! Thanks again for showcasing this! You GET it!

I am sitting in the sun listening to this with my eyes closed , and I have been tranported . Spanish hills , orange groves . Yellow butterflies flitting about . Then you ' jump in ' , and I'm back in the room !! Thanks for this . I will find it on KZread initially. And return to rural Spain . Lovely .🍊🍊🍊

Hi , you have to hear Ana Vidovic playing Lauro's walz Numnber 3 (Natalia) , its amazing!

Your analysis is so spot on that you open my sense of hearing to a new level. I sometimes think that I can hear three guitars playing. Ana is incredible!

I was mesmerized by the shadow of her right hand on the face of the guitar. Witnessing true mastery is such a spiritual experience! Thanks, Fil!

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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Going back thru your older videos Fil, this is incredible. As an old flat-picking acoustic 12-string player, I have so much respect and reverence for classical players (like Ana), but also for any acoustic player (Glen Campbell, Roy Clark etc) because with alone, with just an acoustic guitar, no overdrive, faders, whatever... every note has to be perfect. AMAZING talent. Thank you Fil, be well.

I love how you find the right words and expressions to give the most sharp explanation of what we hear and see in the subject videos. This analysis is purely an enlightenment for many. 06:45 ''When you're watching performances like this you just look out for such subtle technique and little things that player does to make sure the performance is absolutely A1.''

This vid shows perfectly that music is the sound that exists around silence

I love watching you watching, and especially that your delight in what you're watching and listening to so often mirrors my own.

Thank you for making a video showcasing classical guitar!

One of my favorite songs. I first heard it by the great Segovia. I was so impressed hearing her doing it a few years ago. A beautiful performance that I saved in my favourites. I have several of her songs on my phone.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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Great for Ana, she is fantastic. Reminds me of when three of the Romero family members came to our home in Tacoma, Washington. My stepfather, a general practice physician from WWII also played a really great guitar invited Caledonia, Pepe, and their father Celine Romero to our home in Tacoma. My stepfather delivered one of Pepes children. That's why they agreed to play at our home in Tacoma. My stepfather played an old fashioned Martin guitar. The Romeros, were known as the Royal Family of Spanish guitar. It was an honor to have met Ana.

Excellent tone and so smooth artistic mastery on a grand scale #Sunnyside of excellence

Fil, I enjoy how you try to interest guitarists in various kinds of music and the wonderful guitarists, past and present. Paola Hermosin does that in her many well produced You Tube videos.

Absolutely beautiful....listening to her playing is just so relaxing! Really phenomenal! A moving piece of music and she puts her own emotional value into it! Articulate, precise and technically brilliant! Thank you Fil this was awesome!!😀😀👌👌👌

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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Ah yes I remember that me and all of my friends learned to play the very first part of this song when it has just 1 drone note but absolutely none of us could ever play it once the one drone note turns into tremolo drone notes and particularly maintaining the same level of expressiveness as you can tell by a pro like here there's *A LOT* of subtlety and control on the bass-melody line and overall the playing it's just incredibly difficult to have that level of control.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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If Rolling Stone magazine was honest with their greatest guitarist of all time list. Ana Vidovic would have been placed at number one. I've never seen or heard anyone at her skill level ever. Her precision, speed and grace prefectly lines up.

Hey Fil Uni here. Wanted to say thank you for doing videos like this. I would have never heard of her or this song. Absolutely amazing.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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You're reviews are always great, very insightful, spot on ! I love Ana Vidovic's version of Asturias , I've heard this piece many times , there are many version on KZread. This one is IMHO the best by far, Ana goes from raw power to perfect touch in an instant. There is a video (or article) of her talking about Asturias, it's one of her favorite to play, and it shows.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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What an amazing channel! Sir, I think that you deserve more atention for your job. Thank you, you bring classical music to all people.

He goes on about her musicality which is appropriate. But I can't get over this: All you hear is beautiful music, no finger noise, no mistakes (well, there was one I might have heard) coming from the right hand. That is ridiculously difficult to accomplish no matter the music you are playing, and this is not a simple or short piece by any stretch. Her technique and touch comes from beyond this world.

Definitely one of my favorite CG performers. I have her Artistry DVD and my favorite suite of pieces on there (by a narrow margin, I must say) is 'La Catedral'. And, of the 3 pieces in that suite, the first is my absolute favorite -- I have watched that one piece played by her about 40 - 50 times. Magnificent!!

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

Cool!

Another british guitarist I love is Alexandra Whittingham. You should react to her version of this song as well.

Amazing and so mesmerizing! Thanks for a great analysis !

@wingsofpegasus

4 жыл бұрын

No problem!

I love classical guitar. That was beautiful and she is beautiful.👍😎

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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Ana Vidovic is one of the very best guitar players there is. She hypnotize me. The shadow of her right hand really gives you the filling how fast and gently her fingers move

Thank you Fil! Cheers!

Great reaction Fil. Ana is such an inspiration. I could watch her play all day. I hope you react to another performance by her.

Shs's the femenine Paco de Lucia's alter ego. Absolutely perfect!

I love Ana,s playng and her 1st place win is on a album Guitar Recital: Ana Vidovic 1998! which really shows mind boggling technique.. thx for doing something different..

This was Fabulous, Fil. I love the details you point out.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I agree. She is phenomenal! I've seen some videos where she teaches. She is so kind and helpful to her students.

I would really love to see a back to back comparison on this very same piece between Ana Vidovic's and Thibault Garcia who is another very fine guitarist

Just love your appreciation of so many styles!!

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

One small error and the entire room would notice. The price of the ticket should include free cough drops XD

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

😂👍

@chadlewis3515

5 жыл бұрын

Caz- first time I watched this a few years ago. When that guy coughed I tried to reach through the screen and slap him.@@wingsofpegasus

@KURTKR0EMER

3 жыл бұрын

I was in this room during the concert. A woman coughed right behind me. 150 people in the room thought of killing her. I have seen Ana several times. Even in larger rooms with 500 seats you normaly can hear a pin drop. It feels like everyone is holding breath. No one claps hands to early, when she plays a set of 3 or 4 pieces. ( Ana loves the european/german audience for this discipline ) Even when you know exactly, what will come, you cant avoid to be surprised of her perfection.

@cazgerald9471

3 жыл бұрын

@@KURTKR0EMER Even though I'd love the experience, I'm too fidgety for such an environment, and wouldn't know the correct protocol. My throat would probably dry up from the stress, then my cough would be atrocious after a futile attempt to suppress it. XD

Anas dynamics are just amazing.

@emanuellandeholm5657

2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos man. Keep them coming! :)

Thank you Fil! I have been waiting for a classical peice, and this is one of my favorites. She is astounding! I have not listened to her before. She is every bit as elite as Segovia, Williams, Parkening and so on. What is impressive with her are her large hands. That fret board is significantly wider than a regular acoustic or electric. If she was playing that, it would really jump out. What impresses me with this genre are the individual notes and voices. It's not a picking pattern, they are like individual lines. These prices can sound so mechanical or can bring out musical beauty like no other. I think the difference between the two is the later, like her, can make each of those voices be there own having individual attention. Then mix that with the dynamic waves...it's like perfection. All of those voices, from one player on a guitar. You made my day! It's like an early Christmas gift! Merry Christmas brother! 🤘🤘🎄

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

No problem!

Thanks Fil, all that beauty and talent.. I recall learning this piece as Leyanda, back in the 60's probably a memory issue on part..but again, thanks

That Damn tremello on that open string I'm stunned this is fantastic I can totally appropriate it ...great vids Phil

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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Wow... Beautiful!❤️❤️❤️

Spectacular doesn't even begin to describe this piece. Thanks for sharing

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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I also found it interesting how she plays the octaves.

Playing lead and rythm guitar at same time absolutely amazing with such clarity

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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We like and follow a lot of the same guitarists. She is an absolute force of a guitarist. I have lots of albums from lots of classical guitar players - segovia, Williams, Bream, Parkening, etc. - and she is with them all. Don't let anyone tell you women cannot play. This classy lady proves them wrong. Check this out, Fil. Seriously, This guy invented this "arch guitar" instrument. You can read more about it online. Obviously not quite a 6-stringer, but in the same family, and his sensitivity and dynamics in this piece are godlike: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fq6El9qAk67HYc4.html You're welcome. ;)

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@sukonmiskunk5696

5 жыл бұрын

same, i think her version of this piece is the best.. i know..better than Segovia?..well.. maybe not better.. but definitely equal to.. Segovia is a guitar god..theres a few great Videos with Segovia giving Master Classes, definitely well worth the watch..

@kendavis8046

5 жыл бұрын

Brad, I follow your channel pretty much all the time too, so if you ever decide to come to DFW, you are also entitled to the "any drink, any meal, any local spot" offer (If you have never had oyster nachos, have I got a place for you!) Just let me know. (Still just a Cowboy chord player, but I know some folks who actually play that I might convince to show up . . . )

@TheGuitologist

5 жыл бұрын

@@kendavis8046 Thanks Ken.

Amazing! I agree, nobody plays it better.

I’ve just seen her play a two hour recital in Madrid. It was fabulous.

Spot on, Fil!

I attended a masterclass with Ana Vidovic a few years ago. She’s actually quite petite. I didn’t notice exceptionally large hands or small ones either. There are a few techniques that can help with fretting notes a long way apart such as the position of the thumb on the neck of the guitar - I’m sure you know that anyway, but it’s surprising how far it’s possible to stretch with the correct technique. Yes, there will be exceptions but a lot of practise can help (without overdoing it and causing injury of course!). Thank you for this analysis. I play classical but I’m not very good at other guitar styles. I would like to learn though so I appreciate your videos.

Also, Ana started on a full size guitar at age 5. There is a video of her playing somewhere on KZread. She says in an interview that she learned on her brother's guitar because her family couldn't afford to buy her a guitar, if I'm not mistaken.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've seen her playing a full size aged 6 😅

@csb2338

5 жыл бұрын

@@wingsofpegasus yeah, ahah! it's very humbling as well to see her play at that age on that big guitar. Love your videos! Cheers!

Thank you Fil to introduce this great artist to me. I didn't know her. She plays beatifully. It's truly amazing.

I love this. unbelievable playing

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah!

I'm envious of her talent. I love music so much, and have a soundtrack of my life marked by the music I was listening to chronologically and emotionally. Life would suc! without it. This is the 1st time I've heard/seen her. ty!

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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Thank you so beautiful the melody

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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REALLY great video Fil. Great performance and a sweet sounding guitar. Witnessing a performance like this in an acoustically superior hall where everyone is holding their breath, not wanting to be that guy who coughed is something everyone here should experience. Unrelated, I once saw David Crosby play in an amphitheatre, not at all comparable to a concert hall, but when he played a quiet song a hush fell over the audience. He made it a point to thank everyone for that, saying it was the ultimate compliment for an artist to have the audience focused on the piece as much as the player. Well done.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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I love playing classical pieces even if not up to half speed just for relaxation and the finger workout on both hands. This is one of those classical bits I can get lost in and end up spending 45 minutes before I realize it. Paganini's Caprice 24 is another.

This performance reminds me of something a guitarist I used to play Irish Trad music with said. He originally trained as a professional classical guitarist and apparently was pretty good, but he gave it up, not because he didn't have the talent or the drive, but because of the psychological pressure. He said you are playing long complex pieces, with multiple simultaneous notes, all over the neck, with contorted hand positions, etc. But you are completely alone. There are no effects, no band behind you. You are keeping your own time. Every tiny mistake is apparent to even the untrained listener. In just about every other kind of music, you can "fudge" or "cover" a small mistake at least occasionally, but not classical guitar. The anxiety over having to be absolutely perfect in performance just got to him after a while. So I really admire people who can do it, like this young lady.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah its true!

@danielschaeffer1294

5 жыл бұрын

My sentiments exactly. I used to play Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Bert Jansch, and go bananas with the Robert Johnson song book, but every time I tried to play the classical stuff, I would start getting uncontrollable stage fright.

Wonderful touch & control especially over the volume.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for this great analysis. Ana Vidović has the most impressive and beautiful expression !

Do a reaction on how Paola Hermosin play's the guitar when you have time? It would be very interesting.

One of my favorite muscians. Love her. Thanks for this.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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Did you notice how very very light her touch is with the left hand, also the dramatic rasuego then pick up the picking in such time and speed. I have admired her for ages, nice to see an analysis. I expect she has played this many hundreds of time to get it just right.

I've seen you describe many playing styles before but like many of us you looked mesmerized by such beautiful playing. I like Jerry Reed and of course the late and great Chet Atkins but this is just classy. Thanks so much Fil

I subscribed to your channel. I enjoy how you are so positive in your reviews and the way you explain the technical aspects of music. Cheers!

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

👍 Vidovic, Bach 1006 and Scarlatti S d minor k1 366

Excellent. Ive always loved this song.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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She is so smooth. Great dynamics. Solid through and through

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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It would be great if you could analyze one of Andrea Gonzales Caballero's performances, many to choose from, although since it's such a popular piece with quite a few different variations, I would suggest Serenata Espanola. I learned the piece after watching her play it, some very difficult, technical parts especially a section on the high notes which she nails and I still can't play properly after a year of trying! She's a master.

Thanks Fil. Extraordinary, beautiful playing.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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Beautiful so many years of practice and dedication to the guitar some classic players are superb no effects playing note for note

I saw this performance on KZread 6 or 7 years ago and at the time the video was marred by a gentleman in the audience coughing and clearing his throat. He tried to suppress it, but it kept occurring. I couldn't concentrate, I don't know how Ana was able to, but she was perfect. I don't know how it was done, but there is no trace of those noises in this version. Would engineers have been able to filter out the coughing or would they simply have done a completely new take on the same stage, without an audience?

Her technique is flawless. I am going to have to do some research on her because i don't know anything about her, but she is amazing.

@wingsofpegasus

5 жыл бұрын

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@csb2338

5 жыл бұрын

Check out her interpretation of "La Catedral" by Barrios on the Siccas guitars channel. It's the best recording of the piece I've ever heard.

@anabenko9395

4 жыл бұрын

She is from Croatia.

@natasamladenovic1765

3 жыл бұрын

Check out her Bach or Scarlatti

WOW!

Her music is so beautiful!

We need to take all those who hit dislike button outside and beat the shit out of them. Ana Vidovic is one of the premier classical guitarist in the world.

Faultless,wonderful tone,phrasing,dynamics and timing,all the hallmarks of a great classical guitarist.

Ana Vidovic, Paola Requena, Pauline Gauthey, then SRV, Eric Johnson, and Gary Moore. They are all amazing and have my respect.