Spring and Summer Season 2019

Leamington Spa Competitive Festival & Warwick School Music present
CRAIG OGDEN
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. He is the youngest instrumentalist to have received 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’s five Classic FM albums
all shot straight to No.1 in the UK classical chart and he is one of Classic FM’s most played
artists.
Craig Ogden has performed concertos with all the main UK orchestras plus many abroad. He
regularly appears as soloist and chamber musician at major venues and collaborates with
the UK’s top artists and ensembles. Craig enjoys performing new works for guitar and gives
the world premiere of a concerto written for him by Andy Scott with the Northern Chamber
Orchestra in Manchester in November 2017. Composers David Knotts and Geoffrey Gordon
are also writing concertos for Craig. He has presented programmes on BBC Radio 3, BBC
Northern Ireland and ABC Classic FM (Australia).
Craig Ogden is Head of Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, Visiting
Lecturer at London’s Royal College of Music, Adjunct Fellow of the University of Western
Australia, Associate Artist of The Bridgewater Hall in
Manchester, Curator of Craig Ogden’s Big Guitar
Weekend at The Bridgewater Hall and
Dean & Chadlington Summer Music Festival.
The weekend event will be
sponsored by Warwick Boys School.
More information from the LSCF
website (www.leamcompfest.co.uk) and
tickets from www.bridgehousetheatre.com
or tel: 01926 776438.
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Fri 21 Jun 7pm WH £15 and £5