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]

Craig Ogden
Born	1967 Perth, Australia
Genres	Classical
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Classical guitar
Years active	1980s-present
Labels	Chandos Records, Decca Records, Hyperion Records
Website	craigogden.com

Ogden began playing guitar at the age of seven, and graduated in music from the University of Western Australia.^[3] In 1990 he became UK-based, and has a Professional Performance Diploma from the Royal Northern College of Music,^[1] where 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)
• Music from the Novels of Louis de Bernières (1999) with Alison Stephens (mandolin)
• 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)
• Craig Ogden and Friends (2015)
• Love's Philosophy (2017)^[6]