Craig Ogden is an Australian classical

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ist whose albums have topped the UK classical charts. He is Principal Lecturer in Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK. Ogden began playing guitar at the age of seven, and graduated in music from the

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. In 1990 he became UK-based, and has a Professional Performance Diploma from the Royal Northern College of Music, where in 2004 he received a Fellowship from the Royal Northern College of Music, becoming the youngest person to be given the honour. He married the British singer Claire Bradshaw, with whom he often performs; together they founded the Dean & Chadlington Summer Music Festival in 2007. He made his first appearance at the

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with the

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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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogden, Craig Australian classical guitarists Australian male guitarists Academics of the Royal Northern College of Music University of Western Australia alumni Australian expatriates in England Musicians from Manchester Living people 1967 births