Ana Vidovic plays Asturias by Isaac Albéniz on a Jim Redgate classical guitar

[@kickpublishing]

I've worked with Ana Vidovic. I started in classical coughing after switching from cello aged 13. I've been coughing professionally now for over 30 years and have worked with some of the worlds finest audiences and on many famous recordings. In this particular work the challenge, as always, is to cough between the beats when least expected and to work with the sound engineers to choose the best part of the auditorium to achieve the correct reverberation for the genre. Believe it or not we did this in one take. Ana is great to work with, she actually prefers the Cadenza coughing fit over her work and very much leaves it up to me as the artist.

[@constantinosschinas4503]

drowned.

[@hebicat]

Yes, I'm a bit of a pro myself, but my speciality is more baritone, you know, downstairs. I had to give up playing piano accordion because of a medical issue, the problem being that people within ear shot of my playing kept attacking me, my new instrument is more organic, and indeed can at times, take the breath away.

[@classicright1196]

underrated comment

[@pobsdad]

I mastered coughing in my late 20's and moved on to bigger things. I've been working on causing others to cough, and with the right combination of baked beans and sprouts I can have the whole auditorium choking with just one massive fart!

[@hebicat]

@@pobsdad Oh, my dear boy, you have missed the point, the contemporaneous belch and expulsion of methane is the mark of real genius.

[@valentingonzalez2153]

I am from Asturias (in Spain) and I have to say that this piece is very important to us and to see it performed so sweetly is something spectacular

[@charlesbatsold31]

Whats the importance of said piece? Curious

[@pericIesss]

Im also form Asturias. There’s a municipality in the in Asturias that’s actually named after my last name.

[@davidhayes7596]

Spain the guitar tree! Spain is Guitar. They culturally intertwined.

[@ElSchiel]

@caprice.t hm ok, but the style is very reminiscent of the south of Spain.

[@DecepticonLBC]

I have family in Gijon ! Viva Asturias !

[@aidansmyth6480]

3:15 'Bronchitias' by Isaac Akoffdrop.

[@thekumarize]

you need more likes

[@jimmypancakes2012]

@@thekumarize he really does

[@arnileleiss2220]

this is hilarious

[@freddosan3482]

!Cojones!

[@nobody1k]

😹😹😹😹😹 Lmao!

[@Jake-pp2zk]

Hands down the best version of Asturias out there. No galloping, string attack is smooth and then aggressive at just the right moments, and her volume control over the tremolo is perfect. I’ve listened to this dozens of times and it still holds up. Well done Ana!

[@Saltwaterassassin]

Definitely agree, at least on KZbin

[@aag3752]

She got the ending wrong. There's supposed to be a final arpeggio, which she left out for some reason.

[@leonasolomovska1806]

Where did you hear tremolo in this song?

[@Jake-pp2zk]

@@leonasolomovska1806 When she is doing the triples, that is technically a form of tremolo. Though usually played with PIMA, there are plenty of variations. She is doing a PIM (quasi) tremolo.

[@erewind]

nope

[@vincentlauria1187]

Ana Vidovic plays Asturias by Isaac Albéniz on a Jim Redgate classical guitar accompanying coughing by Vico Astrolli on a classical dry throat.

[@shakeersaleem6508]

😂😂😂

[@krisimanasieva422]

Omg nooo🤣

[@alexpate8626]

Bravo 🤣

[@hai.zzzzzz]

Hahahahah

[@daniellaita9552]

Debieron pasar a degüello al que arruinó la interpretacion con su tos

[@BirdYoumans]

Not sure how to describe what I just witnessed. Unless you play at least some guitar, you have no idea how good this is. I'm stunned. Passion and fire with subtlety. Bravo young lady!!!!!

[@antsasturias1839]

WELL THATS TRUE

[@strumbadstroller7350]

I know what you mean, I play, but I can't work out how she gets so much into her playing. Just incredible!

[@musicalbenjiman]

@@strumbadstroller7350 My tremolo (fast picking on the "drone" string) is not up to snuff to play this song. It *is* incredible!

[@nerpiiisbored1472]

Haha,well I kinda know, I play the ukulele, and I must say, this is quite amazing

[@johnvanfloydlawson9955]

Yeah first time I heard her...it was wow. .still is...the more you watch and listen too her...xxx

[@Gdisele]

As a heavy metal fan this piece is fantastic. I listen to it often. It has an intensity and ferocity that is missing that is missing in most music. I love it.

[@Gdisele]

@@paulmcgrath6118 I am familiar with that song but had not noticed the similarities between it and this one. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@manolispapadakis9867]

Yes you right

[@honrarkley3174]

Do you possibly think that Spanish caravan was inspired by this masterpiece because they sound very similar and this one is obviously first

[@GG-jt8st]

@@honrarkley3174 That's correct, Spanish Caravan's guitar was directly taken from this piece. Robbie Krieger is classically trained.

[@honrarkley3174]

@@GG-jt8st Wow good to know

[@MrLeigh122]

Nothing says “ Spanish guitar “ better than Asturias. Fabulous piece.

[@suremate]

Except that it's written for piano.

[@MrLeigh122]

@@suremate never heard a piano version.

[@eKi48]

@@MrLeigh122Look up the original Suite Española by Albeniz. It’s piano music.

[@AlcantaraMC]

Wait till you hear Malagueña.

[@CMansfield]

I'm sure since the Korean science fiction series was released, "Memories of the Alhambra" will be added to the list of recognized guitar pieces. Ana Vidovic played it in this concert apparently.😊

[@felipehernandez3048]

This girl gave me the inspiration to sell my guitar

[@PlasticSaber]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh dude

[@floob247]

@@PlasticSaber more like ffffffffffffffffffffffff dude

[@laualbornoz7190]

LMAOOO

[@federicopatteri1519]

Hahahaha

[@JeneaKaitaz]

thanks for make smile on my face

[@ignaciominuesa9995]

The cough in G minor at 3:41...simply amazing.

[@mehmetaliozer2403]

what a st**** guy

[@guccicharlagma6470]

Isn’t that why were all here ?

[@JM-fo1te]

The timbre of the phlegm is superb

[@ouassimzayani8806]

Dude i think the same , it was literally at the right time

[@snowstorm88]

omg noo

[@linmonash1244]

I've seen this piece performed by many artists. Most are technically perfect, but perfection can leave us cold. Ana's rendition brings an ebb and flow of dynamic build and release that creates tension, anticipation and emotion. She brings us on a journey that transports and elevates the listener to a place beyond. This is what music is meant to do for the soul.👋

[@Mustafa_Akbulut]

ne diyon dayı

[@mehmetemir6567]

@@Mustafa_Akbulut djndndjd

[@Mustafa_Akbulut]

Sonunda türk birisi

[@laysbritto]

Amazing words!! 💜💜💜

[@matthewbeyer8861]

Exactly! one can succeed focused on perfection and fail all at the same time!...this is the best performance of this piece I've heard yet to date!

[@alexanderringler5747]

1:27 note how flowing the transition is from triolic tremolo to 1/8 tremolo. It's moments like those that makes the difference between a good performance or an enchanting performance.

[@jimmcwhirter3798]

I play classical guitar well enough to “play around” with this iconic piece. That gives me all the more appreciation for her performance. One of the best I’ve heard. Bueno!

[@juliaklever819]

I've started to learn it recently, and I'm way too slow. But now I am the way more motivated to practice!

[@norouw]

@@juliaklever819 Same here heheh, where are you at right now ?

[@guitaristegoldilocks3778]

Can you help me to learn more

[@bertplank8011]

The Aussie Williams is the best....he is about a quarter Chinese which may give him an affinity with high pitched twanging sounds.....and he loves a cuppa during intervals.....!

[@shanemurphy3417]

I just started learning how to play tremolo as a songwriter blues player and iv never been more inspired. I also just realised how amazing classical guitarist are. It’s as if I’m a beginner again.

[@sakshipatil3297]

Why everyone is saying it's hard to play, i just clicked on video and it started

[@irriducibili900]

😂😂

[@Cherry-ml7yg]

😂😂

[@outdoorangel]

haha

[@ctjadmin4889]

😂😂😂😂

[@douglasames6495]

🤣🤣👍

[@zerosumgame9071]

A masterpiece, exquisitely played and the timing perfect. A pleasure to witness a true master at work taking full advantage of the acoustics for the world to enjoy his cough

[@SeamusAndrewMurphy]

That comment was so funny I stopped breathing!

[@Wilantonjakov]

The mastery of this comment is the fact that you think you're complimenting the performer until the very last two words. Brilliant

[@Wilantonjakov]

@GloriousTapeworm the sky is blue

[@analisquran]

@@Wilantonjakov yep the sky is blue, and i'm not complaining

[@earlgrae]

@GloriousTapeworm Aah but the sky is not always blue and that was an annoying cough forever marring an otherwise flawless and beautiful performance!

[@yaakovhassoun8965]

I saw Ana play this live last year, I travelled to Greece to see her, the best concert I've ever attended.

[@michaelbaucum6787]

Funny, I travelled to see her in Reno and people thought I was crazy to travel for a single guitarist

[@yaakovhassoun8965]

@@michaelbaucum6787 well may as well lock me up in an insane asylum because it's the second time I went to greece to see her, and I have purchased a ticket for next year already! next year I'll be playing in the masterclass for her, I prepared julia florida!

[@bakogiorgosmusic]

in the halkidonio conservatory you mean? Yeah this is going to be pretty insane

[@yaakovhassoun8965]

@@bakogiorgosmusic Yes, that's the one, they had some other great musicians come as well. They're all great, she's just the most famous.

[@taranvainas]

We Spaniards have a special bond with the guitar, it is an essential instrument in our culture. And we are lucky that many people here know how to play it. We are paralyzed when we hear someone playing it well, anywhere, in any situation, it electrifies our skin. It's our kryptonite. And this piece by maestro Albéniz in particular makes me breathe so slowly..., because I'm afraid to interfere with each note. I close my eyes and listen to a mountain stream, with clear waters, jumping from rock to rock. And I love how this Ana Vidovic interprets it.

[@xangarabana]

Muy bien expresado.

[@taranvainas]

@@xangarabana Gracias, paisano ;-)

[@xangarabana]

@@taranvainas a ti por la buena expresión

[@jimcharles651]

Is it true they have a saying there that goes, "there's nothing sadder than an Englishman with a guitar" lol! Did I get it right?? lol

[@taranvainas]

@@jimcharles651 Lol, I've never heard that, and I find it hard to believe that anyone here thinks so. It may be called a spanish guitar, but it is an instrument that is played all over the world. I have seen Japanese play flamenco in an optimal way (and flamenco guitar is very difficult).

[@jonah5952]

Every time I watch this I appreciate it a little bit more. Her articulation is just sooo so clean. The bass has such a clear punch and the higher notes ring out so clearly. You can hear each individual note so clearly and distinctly when she plays vibrato, and the timing is so perfectly even as well. By far though the most STUNNING part of this performance is her excellent use of dynamics. Absolutely pristine.

[@lauracappelli3585]

Bravissima

[@santana4556]

♡♡

[@MrPiratebikez]

Man, you're an artist în your own kind, I think a painter and your tools : you are painting with words !

[@nikitin_viktor813]

Да! ... Но главное, что эта прекрасная музыка гитары начинается в её сердце.🙏💖💖💖

[@shannonhill3356]

I agree, and prefer this even over many others, John Williams included though he’s no slouch in his performance in Spain. I tried for years to fully learn this song but there are some parts that i just never overcame and eventually stopped playing - which is the real tragedy. Really been thinking of just going and getting myself a nice classical again and starting over.

[@Kendrix_76]

I've lost count of the amount of times I've watched/listened to this video. Her timing and feel are incredible. And her right hand is FLAWLESS! Would love to catch a live show at some point.

[@dimitri877]

Eight years old, and you still got me coming back to this every now and then. You are a legend in your time.

[@bethanyclarke258]

This was the piece my father performed for his college recital in for his major in classic guitar. I’ve grown up hearing it since I was a baby and it will probably forever be my favorite piece to hear played, and she played it so sweetly and beautifully that I just listened to it with my eyes closed and pretty much reimagined my childhood.

[@clowhill9596]

This has the perfect tempo and dynamics of all the renditions I have ever watched.

[@Cinetyk]

I was born in Portugal (west of Spain) in 1984. To be honest, I never cared much about the guitar as an instrument, but of course it's hugely popular here and everywhere between the classical and modern elements. Don't quite remember how I got to this video, but this performance just captured my soul: it brought to life all the feelings that haven always been there growing up in Portugal and Iberia - the tunes, the history, the cultural connection, the connection to the arabic world from like 800+ years ago when arabic peoples invaded and left a lot of their culture. All together, it just feel it enriches so much my life just hearing a perfect rendition of this, which stirs my soul. I wish everyone experienced this - we wouldn't have fighting or terrorism.

[@hazem7050]

I m Syrian, I learned the guitar when I was 12 and Asturians was one of the first pieces I fell in love with. I have always been a big fan of the guitar, and Spanish music, and later on Spain when I visited. I also heard lots of amazing things about Portugal from my friends who visited it, especially Portuguese tarts and the fish. I felt at home when I was in Spain, I connected to it much more than the UK who I've been living in for 3 years now. The culture, the history, the architecture, the food, the people, the lifestyles. I can all connect with cz of how similar it is to my culture and background. What made me even more connected is when I did an ancestry DNA test and found that I have a substantial percentage of Iberian in me. The Levant particularly and Iberia have been connected since the Phoenicians 4000 years ago, even before the MENA invasion of Iberia. Love to all Iberians everywhere!!

[@threalismaradona9899]

MY GOD that response was amazing thank your for sharing

[@user-cp3ls4ud5o]

Original Arabic

[@yosoydeyarumal]

Just shut up and learn some music. This stupid comments.... so sad....

[@natasamladenovic1765]

Yes, we know where Portugal is. Its not like it has been moving around...😉 😊 ...joke. I agree with you.

[@Nik-y7x]

I hold my breath at most difficult pieces as if I was performing myself. You made me feel involved and deep into this beautiful music. Thank you.

[@gezwilson4328]

The timing and vibrato on the cough at 3:16 was really quiet exquisite. Ana's playing is truly not of this earth - a great example of pure perfection!

[@jesussanz101]

No doubt, she has captured the spirit and the feeling of this piece and transmit it with energy, talent and magic.

[@msxmurda2385]

Relax everyone...the coughing man was taken out back after the show and summarily executed.

[@earlgrae]

Didnt know the performance was in China..

[@creetan9997]

Go away. Emo is dead.

[@creetan9997]

@@earlgrae If this was in China you wouldn't even be able to joke around about executing people.

[@fakename287]

@@creetan9997 are you always this much of a wet blanket?

[@creetan9997]

@@fakename287 Which comment of mine made you think I'm a wet blanket?

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

So proud of Ana. She's from my hometown in Croatia 🇭🇷

[@DdD-pi8jw]

Beautiful and talented!

[@fernandoherranz4095]

She is incredible! Andres Segovia would be proud. Ignore the coughing. The show is about her and the music.

[@martinlamotte3912]

Yeah ignore the fucker music is there despite the asshole

[@jamesgibson2179]

There is always some ignorant, old fart to cough and spoil everything. ….. it must be a be a puerile, jealous guitarist.

[@CantThinkOfOne90]

This is the most incredible rendition of Asturias I have ever heard.

[@nanjundaswamy.t.rturuveker3802]

true! from India.

[@flrn6233]

It's a good one, but I think John Williams is unbeatable

[@StaticImage]

@@flrn6233 Kim Chung does an outstanding version as well.

[@cagolan]

@@flrn6233 I was going to answer this, he truly is a Master. I guess studying under the tyrant Segovia comes with some rewards.

[@philjamieson5572]

Abraham K: The same goes for me. Cheers.

[@pascalschwarzer6045]

They should distribute some eucalyptus drops before the concert starts

[@douglasames6495]

The only thing worse than coughing man is some woman crinkling a candy wrapper!

[@billmiller4972]

Or a Walther PPK with a good silencer

[@Adriatic880]

😂😂 Good one 👍

[@kirbyculp3449]

@@douglasames6495 Truth! I was at a piano performance for a radio recording (pre cellphone). The audience was told to be VERY quiet. An old lady got out a candy. She tried to unwrap the candy slowly... crinkle, CRinkle, crINKle, crinKLE, CRINK. About as subtle as a barking dog. After the performance the pianist gave the if-looks-could-kill glare at the aulde bitch.

[@EwanHarris-kw9qu]

I used to work with Anne,( she liked to be called Anne) on a project in London, and I got to know the in’s and out’s of the way she interpreted the guitar, it was magnificent, a true paroble of commitment, passion, and dedication, she played like she was playing it to Cupid on his last day of hearing, she is a marvel to the instrument she plays and a poet of song. Thankyou Anne

[@jessicaembers924]

I love the mysterious suspenseful presence in her playing. Tingles my soul.

[@ymousanon4615]

That isn't just finger-picking chords . This is very very difficult classical and/or spanish guitar technique . Close your eyes and it is like listening to two seperate guitar players in harmony, counterpoint, or one playing accompaniment and the other the main melodic line . She is one of the best I have heard .

[@AnthonyBanaga]

your ears are true

[@dylanmccallister1888]

It looks a lot like rolling a banjo to be honest

[@constantinosschinas4503]

this so spot on. she really outputs two different players with juxtaposed expression and power (both are fast but one is brute and staccato and the other mellow and connected) in those hectic arpeggios. very good and helpful comment, thanks for posting.

[@ethanm9191]

Agreed. She emphasises all the right notes perfectly I love it

[@catzilla6279]

@ Lalala I like some Paco de Lucia... but most of it sounds like impressive elevator music to me. This is melodic, nice to hear and I can feel it more than most of Paco's stuff.

[@BrandonPetrucci]

This has the most intricate finger picking I've ever heard and she plays it with perfect precision! And it really great to see that a classical guitar piece has 35 million views which is solely because it's so INSANE great!

[@johnmiller6743]

Actually not solely

[@FockeWulfFW200]

Her tremolo it's just a beautiful thing out of this world

[@porschiste911]

I often come back to this performance. Her dynamics are superb. Like breathing.

[@kryptoniterazor]

I love the dynamics of her phrasing, how she goes from quiet to incredibly forceful sound without changing the intonation or rhythm at all, which really brings this piece to life.

[@jeffrourke2322]

Great observation. There is such a fluidity to her playing; like a flowing stream of melody. Just beautiful.

[@thane_snipes]

Indeed. Her technique is impeccable.

[@17TheVIP]

Yep when she strum there's is not pauses between

[@learnenglishwitharmin]

One of the best if not the best performances of Asturias, shout out to Ana Vidovic

[@magnificentfailure2390]

She is amazing. Her technique is impeccable and her timing is without reproach.

[@TerryThormin]

This is sooo good, I love it!!!!! The emotion in this piece is exceptional. It comes in waves that wrap you up like a warm blanket.

[@ivanfperez56]

Make it look easy; the true mark of a classical player.

[@Niklas-ru2lj]

okeeeyyy for me it don´t look easy... But i´m Playing Guitar too and my Teacher said, that this is a very high art...

[@10Matic]

Love her focus and deep concentration on her playing. I also love how fluid she is in her playing. Notice she never looks or plays towards the camera she is totally immersed in the music.

[@jejeroger2]

Gary Hohler marcoanñ

[@johnbennett956]

At 73, looking back on my boring career as a CPA, I should have practiced more...time better spent than on late night tax returns. I guess the saying is true: We get too soon old and too late smart. This young lady is the best I've ever heard!

[@lukaswarner5372]

Thank you for sharing. It is hard food for thought to me.

[@Risuaita5886]

Never too late to start, those who state otherwise are wrong.

[@spuckz]

Don't be so hard on you, I bet you play amazingly well. And nothing is boring when you look behind you and just connecting dots, when you had fun along the way!

[@someone3107]

I just now landed on this video and am stunned by Ana's playing. Thank you Ana!

[@joshuarosen6242]

My son is a student at a UK conservatoire and is learning this beautiful piece. This is a wonderful example of the piece played accurately with real delicacy and musicality. My son can’t play it this well yet, but I hope with a bit more practice, he will be close.

[@darcysworldofmusic7516]

Naše gore list...koliko strasti, ljubavi i znanja...bravo Ana ! 😇🎸🎶

[@LukeFaulkner]

She evoked the sand, heat, and cigar smoke of a Spanish evening so effectively the audience started coughing.

[@thehousman]

haha

[@gedsz]

I agree

[@saud_ss44]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5-mgGeDerGggNU

[@mounsterchef]

Sand and heat, especially in Asturias, sure

[@robbstark8788]

@@saud_ss44 yikes.

[@Minecraft5690]

I can officially play up to the 48 second mark on like, 40-50% speed after a few hours of practice lmao. This song is insane dude

[@jonasdi86]

i want to play this by the time i m 40. right now i l 37, hopefully that s enough time :p

[@MorningNapalm]

I can play the first 8 notes in about 2 minutes, with very, very few mistakes.

[@CATsissta]

YOU CAN DO ITTTT!!!!

[@tonusaitis]

It's really hard on guitar because it''s a piano piece. It wasn't originally meant to be played on guitar and was written on piano.

[@harryhaller1111]

It's not a song dude.

[@shano92107]

Stunning. I can’t begin to imagine the amount of work required to memorize and recite something like this. Segovia smiles from above

[@TheDarski]

One of my favourite piece's of all time. So difficult and intricate. You play it faultless, Sharp as a pin. J. Williams does an incredible version too in the live seville concert.

[@philjamieson5572]

I love Spanish classics like this. This seems to me to suggest barely controlled passion, some primal feelings that are bubbling under the surface.

[@amaterasufrl1138]

That's the Spanish emotion

[@amaterasufrl1138]

@jerrylouiswiththethickness6403 u are retarded, don't talk me about the history of my people and my country, scum.

[@Enrique-Pascual-Maillo]

​@jerrylouiswiththethickness6403, Total nonsense, Albéniz wasn't gipsy, and Flamenco comes from the spanish ancestral boleros

[@Enrique-Pascual-Maillo]

@jerrylouiswiththethickness6403 , By the way, what nonsense about german/irish music, the irish fathers are the spanish, irish mithology.

[@truthray2885]

That's exactly what I was feeling throughout the entire piece.

[@浜本淳一]

ありがとうございます！

[@FonsecaStatter]

So beautiful and evocative... As a Portuguese, I believe that this is the kind of music that makes one love Spain...

[@natasamladenovic1765]

Well said, it is nice when people apreciate culture from some other country. Greetings from Croatia

[@highpitwilma]

GUILHERME,I am British UK born,but my Son,who is a recording engineer/producer,recorded an album in Portugal,a lot of years ago,and came back with a Portugese guitar. He then introduced me to Carlos Piedrre's..[?] playing..,...,[a famous Portugese Portugese guitarist]. I am now thinking that this piece would sound gorgeous if it was played on a Portugese guitar!..[it is gorgeous being played by Ana..!!]

[@FonsecaStatter]

@@highpitwilma You are referring to Carlos Paredes... Yes, that musician was the epitome of Portuguese «folk/classical» music... Also very, very evocative... He was also a composer. «Verdes Anos» was a film music/score of his. KZbin has a short piece... Just search for «Anos Verdes - Carlos Paredes».

[@MrBimboy88]

Exatamente, Guilherme. Acho muito belo da sua parte dar luz ao facto de que a nação vizinha, Espanha, tem uma grande cultura e que merece ser apreciada. Principalmente no que toca à cultura, Portugal e Espanha têm muito que se aprecie, sem qualquer rivalidade. Um abraço de um brasileiro que vive em terras lisboetas.

[@swamifakkananda4043]

@@natasamladenovic1765 pa jel ova sto svira nasa???

[@endlessadventure541]

Dang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Perfect tempo, smooth as silk and full of color.

[@cirilolumpasiii9984]

Man: *Coughs* Me, as an intellectual: *Coughs in E minor*

[@itzumetric]

Hey, that was e minor! Perfect pitch gang!

[@AMetalPotato]

I'd say it's Phrygian E

[@aianvigare1158]

You can cough a triad?

[@AMetalPotato]

@@aianvigare1158 poliphonic overtone coughing

[@dmeachy]

At least it was in the relative minor.

[@fifieuskadi]

Everything is just perfect…the guitar, Ana and the way she performs. And for all this, a huge thank you.

[@PETETHEGERMAN]

Albéniz captures the history, the culture, the very soul of Spain in this piece, and this beautiful young lady presents it to us perfectly. Perfectly!

[@dominiquedescottes8314]

Absolument remarquable, cette jeune artiste est une virtuose avéré J'apprécie beaucoup

[@BumperManInc]

So many guitar videos, so many not-so-perfect performances. There always seems to be a section or passage where you can tell the performer glossed over or didn't master during practice. Not here! Her perfect execution, feeling, dynamics, and timing inspires me to trim the nails and work on this piece. Thanks for posting!

[@tonybucca5667]

I've listened to a TON of variations on this piece...hers is, hands down, the BEST! I must have listened to this 1000 times! I wish I could kiss those fingers!!!

[@JimDeferio]

IMHO Ana Vidovic is the world's greatest guitarist. However, wasn't that a mistake at the 2:47 mark?

[@Zmej420BlazeIt]

she made mistakes but 99% of guitarists couldn't play this at all. i doubt any non-player would notice any of them, and even as a guitar player I barely could without careful listening

[@JimDeferio]

@@Zmej420BlazeIt Agreed.

[@ZakharArazel]

The only problem with this piece was the man's cough, and this lady's concentration is a sign of her concentration power, especially this difficult piece, which requires concentration to raise and lower the tone of the piece, and to slow down and speed up the piece, and I am standing in my house clapping for her 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@nandoflorestan]

What ever on this world are you on about? What lack of concentration??? Did you concentrate enough when you wrote your self-contradictory comment? @ZakharArazel

[@ZakharArazel]

@@nandoflorestan my english not good and i translate. My intention was to encourage this lady's concentration, and unfortunately, the problem was from Google Translate. i fix them

[@resh-e8z]

same with me.

[@marcelacavalheiro2412]

Proof that women excel even when men get in our way 😂❤

[@travelszene-bike2093]

Ana, bravo bravo bravo. I have always been convinced that people who have a gift, and share it with the world, deserve our recognition and we should be grateful for having the privilege of listening to these pieces of music, performed by these magnificent professionals.

[@lindaclairesartori]

Brava, brava, brava!

[@AngelEarth2011]

Imagine some guy trying to impress her with his guitar, then she takes it from him and plays this.

[@dougraddi908]

I'd string up

[@Talk-Hub]

but can she play wonderwall tho

[@1hero866]

Then he’ll start coughing

[@m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m]

I guess if it was Alessando Penezzi he'd be alright... kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4aYaqibnt-fga8

[@skylerarroniz4204]

I’d take my guitar and walk the hall of shame 😐

[@Liremaginaire]

0:35 when the camera films from this angle, you can see the shadow of her hand. It's mesmerizing

[@input3471]

Right

[@johnnylindemann888]

😂😂😂😂

[@juanpablorecinos4096]

Humans are capable of doing beautiful things. I wish I could live in a world full of this. That tremolo on the 7th fret is just perfect.

[@noortn]

Humans… talented and amazing if they just can stop wars😢

[@gallande343]

As a Classical guitarist in the past I know how difficult the instrument can be. This performance was excellent. The clarity and intonation is of a very high standard, and to myself I say " notice that there was no string slide noise" Thankyou.

[@peterlindsey4178]

I used to think I was quite good at classical guitar. I still have the guitar I was given by grandfather some time before I was 10 years old, and I have tried to play some of these timeless pieces but I cannot avoid loud string slide, and fuzz as I move to the next note etc. Indeed this guitarist moves with the most incredible accuracy and the clarity is impeccable. I'm addicted to listening to it, now. Also I don't tell people I "used to" play guitar any more, I'll never be anywhere near this good. :)

[@aardvarkbiscuit2677]

@@peterlindsey4178 - I played classical for nearly 50 years and got quite good. I now have peripheral neuropathy and play like shit.

[@denzilgwilliam6043]

@@aardvarkbiscuit2677 Sorry for you health problems, but I have been trying to play this piece for more than 50 years and It still sounds like shit. This young lady is something special.

[@aardvarkbiscuit2677]

@@denzilgwilliam6043 - she's awesome

[@Stoffer5500]

I've been listening to this piece of music for the past 15 years, played by more people than I can account for, and Ana Vidovic's rendition of it is by far my favourite. Your playing is an inspiration Ana Vidovic, I hope you continue to share your talent with the World for a long time.

[@MFink-oq5hy]

Select difficulty -Easy -Medium -Hard -Expert -Ana Vidovic

[@ErikWolowitz]

Not to say this woman isn't talented, but you missed 2 levels above her and above them, Ida Presti. If you haven't heard of her, look up her playing this.

[@dettomicco84]

M. Fink come on..she is nothing special, below many many other interpreters

[@billholt174]

Erik Wolowitz -- If the piece is played as written and no 'artistic liberties' are taken, there shouldn't be a pronounced "...2 levels..." difference between the performances of two accomplished musicians.

[@ErikWolowitz]

@@billholt174 Intonation, style, and emotional expression is important to music. I would argue that Segovia would tend to agree with that.

[@daam96]

-Easy -Medium -Hard -Expert -Ana Vidovic -Andres Segovia

[@Pfannkuchen1]

The best version i ever heard of this Piece. She played it wounderfoul Every tone was clean. Brilliant great work.

[@ijamsum]

It is talented people like Ana Vidovic you must hear to believe what can be done on a guitar ! Exquisite music must be heard once in your life !

[@skgupta43]

I am an amateur guitar player and I do try to play this piece. And this recording is always my inspiration. It's not that I really hope to play at this level or near about, but I can hear her version in my mind whenever I play this. Anna is Great!!!

[@MrNonaste]

Lord! This guitarist is absolutely, freaking awesome! It makes my fingers hurt just trying to imagine how she does it. . I wonder how much practice it took for her to master this piece. What a magnificent artist. Thank you for sharing.

[@6672rock]

+Ray She's definitely a master of her chosen craft. To be able to play bass notes with the thumb and tremolo-pick with the fingers simultaneously is no easy feat, even at a slower speed.

[@sohamchowdhury8249]

+6672rock I might be wrong, but the beginning is actually the easiest part of the piece.

[@Thorhoward]

+Soham Chowdhury its is, without a doubt

[@jamma246]

+Ray She is a great guitarist, but this piece is actually considered quite an easy one for classical guitar. It's probably one of the first that I learned. If you enjoy the piece, you should just try to learn it; I think that you'll be surprised by how quickly you pick it up.

[@MrNonaste]

Thanks for the info. but I'm just a beginner, only 2 and a half years, and think this is beyond my skill level, especially that tremolo. It would take me six months alone to be able to do that half assed, lol. Maybe someday :-)

[@carsaziondevall7123]

That was my only goal when I went to college for classical guitar... just to be able to perform that piece, and as a classical guitarist to perform Koyunbaba op.19"...But life has had other plans.... but watching people perform them brings a smile to my heart. Those pieces and Invocaion y danza..... Ill never be able to perform them. But I am glad that there is new young talent showing others the way and this video still warms my heart! God bless you all. Keep doing what you love. :)

[@wiktoriarajewicz3775]

Who is the world dislikes a great, insanely hard-working musician during a close-to-perfect performance. I just don't get it, she's the mother of guitar

[@marklowe7431]

No matter how many times I hear her play it's goosebumps. She's incredible.

[@ahmedbader6866]

not as good as john williams's version

[@MrsPeachyChocolate]

This music makes me sad, I remember when I was a kid before getting to bed I was going to the bathroom and I could hear my spanish grandpa playin guitar alone in his bedroom at 85 yo...

[@badonkadonk6655]

I feel you bro. But my grandpa plays those old 60s-70s songs but since I was a smol kiddo I never heard it...he died when I was 10. I started playing at age...13-14. Wish he was still alive so I coulda jammed with him and learn some nice songs he widowed(yes he widows very well,my mom says so)

[@joaquinnakamura710]

En este siglo que se ha fortalecido la convicción de que las mujeres son tan capaces como los varones. He aquí un hecho más.

[@toyotasupra97]

He was happy playing his guitar, that’s a good memory. Let it make you happy too.

[@corneliugrigorescu8181]

Foarte frumos .

[@royrusselmromano6838]

saw this piece played by my friend in PH (Perp, may your soul rest in piece) in 1990's never realized how good my friend is until i heard and saw Ana playing the same piece! Amazing artists!

[@nuria1994]

this is so incredibly clean. I can’t stop watching it. I wish I could play this piece as well as Ana does, it’s so difficult but don’t give up :(

[@thomasafrica9724]

Practise makes perfect💪

[@csandel813]

I don't play the guitar but gosh the way she played this piece is the best I've heard. The clarity of her tone is so classical. One can taste each note she touched!

[@blaz3ofglory]

everything was on point; technique, passion, the cough...

[@Masda.X]

bLazE lol

[@mbmpablo3631]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hifijohn]

its considered a sign of respect to cough during a classical performance

[@tuscanland]

He should have been thrown out.

[@TAG-1984]

It's true, in very very remote parts of the world

[@ryosapien27]

Absolutely beautiful . Amazing talent , focus, and expression. Bravo

[@scott37040]

I've listened to four pieces from this performance, all worthy of album status, all ruined by the coughing man. How did he manage to ruin every song? Etiquette mandates that one remove himself from the performance immediately or at least use a handkerchief to muffle one's cough. But, no, every song had to be tarnished. My heart goes out to Ana. What a magnificent performance!

[@etchv8355]

To be honest that guy only coughed twice during the whole concert. I know because he was sitting direct behind me L. What you can’t hear in the recording is that after his second cough (3:41) a woman next to him muttered something which I found really annoying. If looks could kill… But all that is gone now. I really don’t hear any of those coughs now. The state Ana puts me in with her music just has no room for distractions. Ps, this was my first Ana Vidovic concert, in December I´m going for my sixth J.

[@kellcifur6985]

I agree. Leaning back in my chair. Eyes closed and miles deep into the entrancing notes....(COUGH) jeez 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@zacharymckinnon6832]

The only reason coughs bother people is because you put so much attention on them. If someone coughs, and you just ignore it, you realize it really didn’t take away from the performance as much as you try to make it seem🤷🏿‍♂️

[@NananMusic]

If a caugh is ruining the song you're not IN IT...

[@josephmshana_official]

Scott Hollingsworth 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 How did you find out?

[@swsj5712]

she makes it look so easy and effortless! will attempt to learn this, wish me luck lol.

[@xanderwitcher7714]

Good luck

[@swsj5712]

+Xander Witcher thanks! Got the first 50 seconds down and it's sounding good.

[@swsj5712]

+Mikey Abbott is triple picking the part that starts at 50 seconds? If it is I totally agree that part is so hard to play clean at least for me lol.

[@wriddhimana]

good luck tell me when u finiish how u did it

[@hobogoat2]

Easy Fit I feel like if it's taking you 3 months for that you aren't practicing it right

[@BrunnoLeda]

Talented, charming, delicate and elegant. Perfection Congratulations, a hug from Brazil :)

[@MiguelGonzalez-qw8vj]

Brazil, land of Master Heitor Villa-Lobos!!!

[@ilikezappa3268]

No , he was Welsh

[@emanuelantunes2789]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_Villa-Lobos

[@rodrirm]

I have huge respect for Segovia, Williams and Bream, really huge. But for me this is the most impresive all-around version of Asutiras I ever heard (so far). The level of Expression, Dynamics and technique is amazing. She have probably practiced this soo much that she looks concentrated and relaxed at the same time. Another one that played this piece really, really well is Pino Feola and Maestro Pepe Romero.

[@y.u.doodat9133]

So perfectly performed! A true Master of her instrument, as well as her high level of musical craftsmanship!

[@rosshealea]

what masterful playing! The dynamics are flawless and it takes my breath away. the phrasing conveys the emotionality. I could listen all day.

[@reasonconfederation58]

That 6k+ people went out of their way to give this a "thumbs-down" is disturbing to me, really.

[@rossthefiddler5890]

It is unbelievable, but that person coughing really spoilt a perfect recording of a beautiful performance though.

[@kolya727]

It's 100% called jealousy haha. I've been playing guitar for 13 years and I started learning this song today. It's not easy at all and this woman plays incredibly beautifully and is inspirational to me to try and learn it all. Downvoters are probably insecure people realising they cannot ever play like Ana Vidovic.

[@4soulmates]

I was just thinking that too! I bet 99% of them do not even play.

[@NoUsernamae]

They're allowed to not like whatever they don't like. The question is, why the hell do you focus on the 6k dislikes and not the 382k likes? Even that's pointless, at least it isn't negative. Just enjoy what you enjoy. Don't think about why others don't.

[@kolya727]

@@NoUsernamae To actively dislike this is more than its being not to one's taste. Given that, the reason for some people "focussing" on the dislikes probably stems from astonishment as to what in this inoffensive video might provoke that reaction. Also, no-one suggested people are not "allowed" to dislike it. You, however, are suggesting people limit what they think about, a fairly moronic suggestion for a human to make to others, more so since you simultaneously impart a hypocritical "don't focus on others in a negative manner" statement.

[@АнатолийЮдинцев-г3о]

Ай красавица, Ай умница! Как я люблю гитару ! И мастеров что играют без оркестра и добавочных инструментов. Спасибо, спасибо, долгих лет. Браво!

[@mjc429]

Imagine watching this video and knowing you're the one who coughed.

[@natasamladenovic1765]

Imagine reading the comments knowing you were the guy who coughed

[@PrincessYehudia]

@@natasamladenovic1765 lol

[@jonathanbenson7469]

I don't know what would make you think they let him live after that.

[@jamesgibson2179]

There’s always some tasteless and insensitive twit !

[@91jubaku]

Imagine being a person that has to clear his throat, madness. What has the world come to

[@imoninternets]

Did they give the guy with the cough a microphone as well?

[@Mike-ks6qu]

imoninternets 😂😂😂😂

[@xavierbenitez1202]

LMAO

[@CASHXRAT]

Yes but the bum botched his part. He was supposed to violently vomit after the cough.

[@elimsyldog4858]

Loooool

[@balilinha1]

lollllll

[@pepitoperez1638]

I play both Spanish and acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica, alto saxophone, and oboe. I think I understand something about music, and every time I hear Ana Vidovic play, I die of envy, plays like angels. I hope your career is long and fruitful

[@natasamladenovic1765]

I do not get it how her tremolo is heard even when she lifts her hand away from the guitar. Amazing and love her dinamics, the sound of her guitar and how she emphasizes the piece itself playing it clearly and flowingly...but that is just my humble opinion.

[@pepitoperez1638]

@@natasamladenovic1765 That is a very valid and correct opinion. It gives soul to the pieces it touches, others play very fast, with precision but mechanically, like a robot, they lack soul, and Ana Vidovic prints that precisely, soul, in its tremolos, lowering the volume and speed when it is due, giving soul and life to everything he interprets... That is the denomination of MASTER, and Ana is.

[@balduinocamachomoreno3985]

Una de las mejores interpretaciónes que he visto de Asturias de Albéniz. BRAVO 🇪🇦

[@BonfiglioSergio]

Simply the best play of Asturias available on KZbin. Right tempo, right tremolo, clear and crispy, perfectly defined. Supreme fingering. Almost superhuman clarity of each note. Chords on beat 25, 26 and 27, and their repetitions, and the more difficult 33, 34 and 35 are simply perfect. Perfectly fused in the phrases. Bravissima. Divina.

[@adrianolemmi6982]

Fantastica!!!!! poesia, passione, professionalità, amore, bellezza!!!!

[@ivicafandic1131]

Kako ta žena svira, to, tako pauk ne zna mrežu isplest... Predivno!!! 💖

[@borisshelekasov3686]

Хорошо сказано👍

[@rafaelrivas7380]

Que hermosura!!! A veces me pregunto cómo es que el universo puede reunir tanto talento y belleza al mismo tiempo. Que Dios te bendiga!!!

[@kwylde]

Every year I come back to see what the new posters are saying about that person coughing

[@ricric4722]

😂😂😂

[@cravis123]

There is always someone in the audience who coughs at the wrong time :)))

[@ivry4846]

Selon moi, c'est de loin la meilleure interprétation de Asturias.

[@jaikee9477]

Hi there it's me, the cough guy! You know me from some of the greatest recordings of classical music over the past decades. I constantly refined my coughing technique and I'm here to raise awareness for concert coughing rights!

[@Rookblunder]

Enjoyed this rendition. Probably my favorite of all guitarists. I like the speed and the positioning of the notes. Some play on the first position whereas she plays the bass notes which is the way I'm learning it and glad to use her performance to learn from. Finally got all the notes down after one month of playing. But now the perfection of it all continues.