Dean & Chadlington Summer Music Festival

Adrian Bradbury was principal cello in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain before winning scholarships to Churchill College, Cambridge and then to the Royal Academy of Music. After further study in Berlin he developed an international career in chamber music as the cellist in Composers Ensemble, Jane’s Minstrels, Trio Gemelli, Touchwood Piano Quartet and Chamber Domaine, winning a Royal Philharmonic Society Chamber Award and giving world premieres of solos and chamber works by Thomas Adès, Guy Barker, Judith Bingham, Tansy Davies, Dai Fujikura, James MacMillan, Naresh Sohal, Hugh Wood and John Woolrich. 

Adrian is a regular guest principal player with orchestras including BBC Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera, London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and is Cello Tutor for the National Youth Orchestra.  His research into ensemble synchronisation, in collaboration with Professor Alan Wing, is published by the Royal Society and led to invitations to curate a ‘Music and Brain’ series at the Aldeburgh Festival and to appear as speaker on BBC Radio 4’s ‘PM’ and ‘Today’ programmes and on Radio 3. 

Described by BBC Music Magazine as "A worthy successor to Julian Bream", Grammy nominated guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most diverse and exciting artists of his generation. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from the age of thirteen. He has topped classical charts in the UK with his five Classic FM albums and his impressive array of over 30 recordings for Chandos, Virgin/EMI, Nimbus, Hyperion and Sony have been critically acclaimed. 

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Craig has also presented programmes for BBC Radio 3, BBC Northern Ireland and ABC Classic FM in Australia. He is Director of Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, Adjunct Fellow of the University of Western Australia, Associate Artist at The Bridgewater Hall .