Ana Vidović: uncertainty

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…Although you’re young, you’ve been playing professionally for quite some time. Over that time period, how have audiences changed? That’s a good question. It’s interesting, in the past two years, I’ve noticed a change. When I went back to playing live after a while, after the pandemic started, I feel more appreciation. I feel that they’re hungry for live performances. I feel that they listen more attentively. I don’t know, it just feels different. This is just in the past two years, but I think I wouldn’t say that they changed. What’s interesting is that it depends where you’re performing. Every culture is different, so if you’re performing in Europe, the audiences are usually very serious and very quiet, and they listen very, very carefully. In the States, they’re also, of course, very appreciative, but after the performance, they stand up and they’re very responsive. They appreciate, and as an artist, it’s very special to feel that attention after the performance. We clap more.…

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