Craig Ogden

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