Craig Ogden (guitar)
Friday 9 October 2020 at 7.30pm
Programme will include works by Domenico Scarlatti, Napoleon Coste, Agustin Barrios, Isaac Albeniz, and Gary Ryan.
Photo: Ivan Gonzalez
"A worthy successor to Julian Bream" BBC Music Magazine
Australian-born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. He studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from the age of thirteen. In 2004, he became the youngest instrumentalist to receive a Fellowship Award from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
One of the UK’s most recorded guitarists, his recordings for Virgin/EMI, Chandos, Nimbus, Hyperion, Sony and Classic FM have received wide acclaim.
Craig Ogden has performed concertos with many of the world’s leading orchestras. This season Craig performs concertos with orchestras including the Hallé, London Mozart Players, Manchester Camerata, English String Orchestra, Orchestra of the Swan and the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Australia. Craig gave the world premiere of a concerto written for him by Andy Scott with the Northern Chamber Orchestra in Manchester in 2017, followed by the Australian premiere in Perth in 2018. He gave the world premiere of ‘Il Filo’, a double concerto for guitar and accordion by David Gordon with Miloš Milivojević in Summer 2019 and gives the world premiere of a concerto by David Knotts with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in January 2021 which will be recorded by BBC Radio 3.
Craig regularly appears as soloist and chamber musician at major venues, collaborating with many of the UK’s top artists and ensembles. Craig also frequently records for film and has presented programmes for BBC Radio 3, BBC Northern Ireland and ABC Classic FM (Australia).
Craig Ogden is Director of Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, Adjunct Fellow of the University of Western Australia, Associate Artist and Curator of Craig Ogden’s Guitar Weekend at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Director of the Dean & Chadlington Summer Music Festival and Visiting Musician at Oriel College, University of Oxford.
Craig Ogden plays D’Addario strings.
craigogden.com/
Australian-born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. He studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from the age of thirteen. In 2004, he became the youngest instrumentalist to receive a Fellowship Award from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
One of the UK’s most recorded guitarists, his recordings for Virgin/EMI, Chandos, Nimbus, Hyperion, Sony and Classic FM have received wide acclaim.
Craig Ogden has performed concertos with many of the world’s leading orchestras. This season Craig performs concertos with orchestras including the Hallé, London Mozart Players, Manchester Camerata, English String Orchestra, Orchestra of the Swan and the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Australia. Craig gave the world premiere of a concerto written for him by Andy Scott with the Northern Chamber Orchestra in Manchester in 2017, followed by the Australian premiere in Perth in 2018. He gave the world premiere of ‘Il Filo’, a double concerto for guitar and accordion by David Gordon with Miloš Milivojević in Summer 2019 and gives the world premiere of a concerto by David Knotts with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in January 2021 which will be recorded by BBC Radio 3.
Craig regularly appears as soloist and chamber musician at major venues, collaborating with many of the UK’s top artists and ensembles. Craig also frequently records for film and has presented programmes for BBC Radio 3, BBC Northern Ireland and ABC Classic FM (Australia).
Craig Ogden is Director of Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, Adjunct Fellow of the University of Western Australia, Associate Artist and Curator of Craig Ogden’s Guitar Weekend at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Director of the Dean & Chadlington Summer Music Festival and Visiting Musician at Oriel College, University of Oxford.
Craig Ogden plays D’Addario strings.
craigogden.com/