Richard Craig
Flutes

Richard Craig has developed a distinctive approach to the flute that revitalises the potential of the instrument for players and composers. His performances have been described as “a primal, at times ecstatic state of Fauvist force…” (Gramophone Magazine) and his focus is contemporary music. 

He has performed with several new music groups including Musikfabrik, Klangforum Wien and Elision. While a member of the group Distractfold, Richard was co-recipient of the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis for Interpretation. As a recording artist, he has released several discs of chamber music and two solo releases, Vale and Inward. He has recorded for Another Timbre, Wergo, FHR, Métier and given live broadcasts for the BBC, WDR Cologne, YLE Finland, Radio France, Radio Nacional de España and Swedish Radio.

Also active as a composer, improviser and academic, Richard was Head of Performance at Bangor University, Wales, and is currently a Lecturer in Performance and Director of Performance at the University of Edinburgh. He studied flute at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and then with Mario Caroli at the Conservatoire de Musique Strasbourg.