Ana Vidović: belief

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…What’s the correct way to think about the actual innovation of Segovia? Because classical guitar seems to take off after he produces recordings. What exactly did he do that was a breakthrough? He did so many things. I think he was the — I don’t want to say the first or the only one — there are so many great artists, so many classical guitarists that brought classical guitar to where it is now. They’re all equally important, but Segovia is just at the highest level. I don’t think classical guitar would be here in this level and recognized by so many people if there wasn’t Segovia. We owe, actually, a lot to him. Through repertoire, through the level of performing, technique, I think he still stays one of the most recognized classical guitarists of all time. He always will be. For me, personally, he was an idol, something that I aspired to be. I grew up listening to his recordings. And many, many other artists — we grew up with him. If you would wish for one composer to have written for classical guitar but who didn’t, who would that be?…

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