Craig Ogden
Craig Ogden is an Australian classical guitarist 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 University of Western Australia. 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 Royal Albert Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra performing Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez.
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Craig Ogden on Tango at Tetbury, Dancing with Piazzolla and Latin Connections
25th Sep 2025
Ahead of opening the 2025 Tetbury Music Festival with the London Tango Quintet, and the release of a new Aquarelle Guitar Quartet album in October, Craig Ogden chatted with Matthew Ash about the breadth of his musical passions, the joys of chamber music and his choice of strings, giving insight into an instrument that is all too often unfairly viewed as sitting at the periphery of classical music.
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Brian Knowles on Love's Philosophy
20th Feb 2017
David talks to composer Brian Knowles about 'Love's Philosophy', his new album of guitar works with Craig Ogden.
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English Guitar Concertos
Craig Ogden (guitar) Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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The Film and TV Music of Christopher Gunning
Martin Robertson (saxophone), Craig Ogden (guitar), Nicole Tibbels (soprano) BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
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Robin Stevens: Chasing Shadows
Rosa Campos, Sophie Rosa, Rosemary Attree, Alastair Vennart, Nicholas Trygstad, Alexander Jones, David Jones, Amy Yule (flute), Craig Ogden (guitar), Clifford Llantaff, Katie Stillman, Christine Anderson
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Unveiled: Britten, Tippett, Gipps, Browne, Thomas
Elgan Llŷr Thomas (tenor), Iain Burnside (piano), Craig Ogden (guitar)
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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