Craig Ogden

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Craig Ogden is an Australian classical guitarist whose albums have topped the UK classical charts.[1] He is Principal Lecturer in Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK.[2]

Ogden began playing guitar at the age of seven, and graduated in music from the University of Western Australia.[3] In 2004 he received a Fellowship from the Royal Northern College of Music, becoming the youngest person to be given the honour.[4] He married the British singer Claire Bradshaw, with whom he often performs; together they founded the Dean & Chadlington Summer Music Festival in 2007.[5] He made his first appearance at the Royal Albert Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.

Albums

  • Tippett: The Blue Guitar (1995)
  • Guitar Meditations (1999)
  • English Guitar Concertos (2001)
  • The Guitarist (2010)
  • Summertime (2011)
  • A Quiet Thing: Songs for Voice and Guitar (with David Daniels; 2011)
  • Christmas Time (2013)
  • Summer Guitar (2014)

References

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  1. Classic FM: Craig Ogden biography. Accessed 7 November 2014
  2. RNCM website. Accessed 7 November 2014
  3. Leicester International Music Festival. Accessed 7 November 2014
  4. Hyperion Records. Accessed 7 November 2014
  5. "Craig Ogden: an Aussie abroad", Cotswold Life, 16 December 2013. Accessed 7 November 2014