Dates

Recitals – Concertos – Masterclasses – Events

  • Craig Ogden Classical Guitar Course, Hawkwood, Cotswolds

    Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking Painswick Old Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

    Classical Guitar Course for Intermediate/Advanced Guitarists. Craig Ogden is one of the world’s leading classical guitarists who is well-known to UK audiences. He is Director of Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and brings 30 years of teaching and performing experience to offer this unique course. This course is for accomplished and enthusiastic guitarists who want to improve their playing and performance. Craig covers a wide range of skills, techniques and methods to enable students of the guitar to take charge of their own practice and progress.

  • Solo Recital at Hawkwood Centre, Stroud, Cotswolds

    Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking Painswick Old Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

    This concert  (open to the public) marks the beginning of Craig's weekend guitar course at Hawkwood. Enjoy exquisite, virtuosic playing in an intimate chamber music setting. "This is the real thing: a hugely enjoyable potpourri of pieces that…have not only been firm recital favourites of Ogden’s over the years but of lovers of classical guitar everywhere.” Gramophone

  • Cawsand Bay Guitarfest 2025

    Maker with Rame Community Hall Jackman's Meadow, Kingsand, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    An exciting classical guitar weekend by the sea on the stunning Rame Peninsula,  with Craig Ogden, Eden Stell Guitar Duo (Mark Eden, Christopher Stell), Alison Smith & Gerald Garcia. This is a weekend not to be missed with a superb line up of Classic FM chart topping Craig Ogden, one of the world’s finest guitarists (Head of Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music), Mark Eden & Chris Stell (Eden Stell Duo) internationally renowned for their dynamism, innovation and breathtaking virtuosity( teaching positions at the Royal College of Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)  and Alison Smith, one of the UK’s […]

  • Music at Stow, Cotswolds with Miloš Milivojević (accordion)

    St Edward's Church The Square, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

    One of the most acclaimed classical guitarists of his generation, Craig Ogden teams up with the award-winning classical accordionist Miloš Milivojević in a unique duo, showcasing stunning arrangements of classical compositions by composers including Vivaldi, Scarlatti and Piazzolla. Both virtuosos of their instrument with international careers, their duo partner-ship reveals compelling playing and their relaxed concert presentation has made them firm favourites with audiences.

  • Music in the Burnhams, Norfolk

    St Mary's Church Burnham Market 3 Church Walk, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom

    Solo recital for this established music series in a beautiful part of Norfolk. Craig will also be giving a concert to local primary school children earlier in the day.

  • Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery with the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery Museum Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom

    Craig is delighted to be performing with the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet for the opening concert of a brand new concert series - MUSIC IN THE HEART OF BLACKBURN. Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery are hosting an incredible series of performances in their Victorian Gallery, featuring some of the most exciting musicians based in the UK today!

  • Music & Malling, Kent with London Tango Quintet

    St Mary's Church West Malling 138 High Street, West Malling, Kent, United Kingdom

    Libertango! London Tango Quintet David Juritz - Violin Craig Ogden - Guitar Miloš Milivojević - Accordion Richard Pryce - Double Bass David Gordon - Piano Five internationally acclaimed musicians come together as the London Tango Quintet performing music by the legendary Astor Piazzolla interspersed with stunning instrumental solos. In 1921 a tango scene in Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse propelled a young Rudolf Valentino to global stardom. Ever since, film makers have used the dance to express the tensions, hidden desires and threats of violence between their characters. The London Tango Quintet's programme features tangos from the silver screen with […]

  • Music @ Malling, Kent – solo recital

    Pilsdon Barn 27 Water Lane, West Malling, Kent, United Kingdom

    Torroba - Sonatina Torroba - Madroños Philip Houghton - Kinkaschoo I Love You Marais - Les Voix Humaines Nikita Koshkin - The Usher Waltz Piazzolla - Invierno Porteño Reinhardt arr. Roland Dyens - Nuages George Shearing - Lullaby of Birdland Poulenc - Sarabande World renowned guitar virtuoso Craig Ogden performs an eclectic solo programme including works by Astor Piazzolla, jazz legends Django Reinhardt and George Shearing as well as music by Marais - a court musician at Versailles and Francis Poulenc’s meditative Sarabande written in 1969 and dedicated to the renowned classical guitarist Ida Presti.

  • Rhosygilwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales

    Rhosygilwen Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

    Solo recital in this unique venue in a beautiful part of Pembrokeshire.

  • Belfast International Arts Festival/Belfast Music Society, Northern Ireland with Gerard McChrystal (saxophone)

    The Harty Room, Belfast Music Dept, Queens University, Belfast, Belfast

    Part of Belfast International Arts Festival and Belfast Music Society's Northern Lights MiniFest. World renowned artists Craig Ogden and Gerard McChrystal present an original and exciting programme influenced by folk, jazz and South American music to showcase the many different styles and variety of sound of these popular instruments. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of their duo and with many works written especially for them, the programme features Latin American rhythms, Celtic energy and Australian reflections together with solo guitar works.  Virtuosic, compelling playing coupled with a relaxed concert presentation have made them firm favourites with audiences.