— Richard Craig

My solo disc INWARD has been nominated for Scottish Album of the Year by the Scottish Music Industry in partnership with Creative Scotland. The longlist consists of 20 albums from the Scottish music scene and all of these will be available for streaming on the 16.04. To be nominated is both an accolade and significant recognition of my work as well as the composers and musicians who collaborated with me in the making of the disc, they include: John Croft, David Pearce, Karin Hellqvist, Pontus Langendorf and John Hails.

“Richard Craig, Inward (Metier): Mercurial flautist Richard Craig is a leading interpreter of contemporary and avant-garde music, and Inward is the fascinating product of six years’ work. It showcases Craig’s extraordinary – and exploratory – technique”
The Herald 12.4.

The premiere of Malédictions will be at the Turner Gallery, Margate on the 10th of May as part of the Sounds New Festival. Musicians: Lore Lixenberg as the Furie, Richard Craig (bass and contrabass flute), Robin Michael (Cello), Simon Limbrick (Percussion) and Carl Faia (electronics).

There will also be a video projection during the performance, created by Richard Craig. Extracts can be seen here

For most of this year, I will be based in the Clashnettie Arts Centre developing new work. This is an extensive project including composition/improvisation, and the gradual interlacing of other strands  - all of which will be posted on a new blog over a period of 6 months. This project was made possible with the support of Creative Scotland.

An article, co- written by philosopher and musician, Alex South, and Richard on Cornelius Cardew (Treatise) was printed in THE DROUTH early this year.

[Unity Capsule]  “Craig instills the piece – so often caricatured as a Sisyphean struggle against an unyielding notation – with fearsome confidence, swagger even. Thirty-five years on its challenges may have been parried, absorbed, reflected and dispersed anew, but it speaks now with a commanding and often beautiful authority.”  Tim Rutherford-Johnson The Rambler.
(Cover image courtesy of Howard Lynk)

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