Craig Ogden

Craig Ogden, one of Britain’s finest guitarists, joins the orchestra for a performance that will bring a late Autumn 'ray of sunshine' to Taunton with the enigmatic ‘Fantasia para un gentilehombre’ by the Spanish composer Rodrigo.

About: Craig 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 Classic FM albums The Guitarist and Summertime both shot straight to No.1 in the UK classical chart in summer 2010 and 2011 respectively followed by the release of Christmas Time in November 2013. His latest Classic FM albums Summer Guitar (2014) and Craig Ogden and Friends (2015) both went straight to No. 1 in the classical chart.

Craig Ogden performs with all of the main UK orchestras and Southern Sinfonia are thrilled to have him as their very special guest for this concert. In addition he 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 The Bridgewater Hall Guitar Weekend and Director of the Dean and Chadlington Summer Music Festival. A busy schedule indeed!