Livewire 4: Richard Craig, Flute
Renowned Scottish flutist, Richard Craig, preforms a recital of contemporary music.
Active primarily as a soloist and chamber musician, Richard Craig has lectured on contemporary flute and performance throughout Europe, maintaining links with Brunel University, London, Aberdeen University and the Orpheus Instituut, Belgium. Alongside realising established repertoire, Craig is active in generating new work with composers meant to enrich the expressive range of the instrument, often working with institutions such as SWR Experimentalstudio. He is a member of SMASHensemble and Distractfold.
Craig has recorded and broadcasted for the BBC, WDR Cologne, YLE Finland, Radio France, Radio Nacional de España, Swedish Radio, ARTE, and Icelandic RUV and WERGO. In April 2011 his solo disc, INWARD, was released on the Metier label, featuring works by Ferneyhough, Sciarrino alongside premieres recordings of Barrett, Bång, Karski, Johnson and Croft. It has since been received to critical acclaim and the only classical nomination for the Scottish Album of the Year Award 2011, the disc was also nominated in the music category by We Are The Making. Richard is also a lecturer in the post-graduate performance program at Huddersfield University.
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