Soprano Marija Vidović commenced her music education in Varaždin, studied and obtained her master’s degree in Vienna and Stuttgart at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts. As she is also passionate about foreign languages, she speaks German, Spanish, English and Italian, and can communicate in French and Russian. So far, she has performed in some of the most renowned concert halls worldwide, such as the famous Musikverein in Vienna, Gasteig in Munich, the Opere Bellas Artes in Mexico City, as well as at the largest international festivals of classical music in North and South America. Her unique and wonderful vocal timber combined with her personality and elegance, ideal for singing and interpreting the audience’s favorite opera roles such as that of Constance in Mozart’s The Abduction from Serail, Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust, Mimi in Puccini s La Boheme or Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata, never escapes notice. She is a great devotee and masterful performer of the classic Lied (song). One of the world’s most famous and renowned tenors and educators, Francisco Araiza, is her professor and mentor. Marija Vidović started to pass on her experience to young talents as an assistant professor at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City, as well as at international master’s classes. As of the academic year 2020/21, she has been an assistant to Prof.Dr.h.c KS. Francisco Araiza at the Alfredo Kraus Department of Solo Singing at the elite Reina Sofia School of Music in Madrid, Spain. A proud promoter of Croatian culture, she is always happy to expand the classical repertoire of her solo concerts and recitals around the world with compositions by our Croatian composers and our beautiful Međimurje songs. In late 2020 she recorded her first studio album “Christmas Classics” nominated for the Porin award in the Best Christmas Album category. Album “Međimurje” is her second studio album that pays homage to her native region. The album is dedicated to Međimurje song which has been inscribed in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. With this album Marija launched a new era of Međimurje song, as her interpretation brought it closer to the classic Lied, with top symphony orchestra arrangements by Alex Pashkov that helped put this hidden musical treasure from Međimurje into international focus. The album was first presented at the gala concert held in the atrium of the Čakovec Old Town, filmed and broadcast by Croatian Radio-Television. The album “Intima” is her third studio album released in July 2021 and contains sixteen songs by great world composers that Marija sang accompanied by a longtime collaborator, Australian pianist Duncun Gifford in Croatia Records studio under the expert guidance of Ivo Josipovic, the album’s music producer. The powerful vocals and her exceptional interpretation were recognized by a large audience, and with a rich concert repertoire, the doors of the big stages were opened to soprano Marija Vidović. The end of 2021 was marked by her performances, including the big Christmas concert, the gala concert “Cristmas in Cibona” in Zagreb and the performance at the celebration od the Great Day of Croatian Sports in the Crystal Hall of the Zagreb hotel “The Westin” organized by the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC). To this, should certainly be added a large number of successful concerts with the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra. Marija Vidović will also remember the year 2021 after her collaboration with the Zagreb Philharmonic orchestra.
2022 in adition to joint performances, Marija’s new album of opera arias is their first joint project recorded in a Concert Hall Vatroslav Lisinski under the expert guidance and conducting of prof. Dr hc. KS Francisco Araiza.
In april 2022 Marija was on tour in Great Britain with Zagreb Philharmonic orchestra under the guidance of director Jan Latham König, where she presented the songs from Dora Pejačević, the croatian famous female composer.