Craig White is a passionate and highly acclaimed chamber musician, dedicated to both instrumental and vocal repertoire. A graduate from St Catherine’s College, Oxford and Royal Academy of Music in London, he studied with Michael Dussek and Diana Ketler.Craig has won various accolades including the Centenary Kathleen Ferrier Awards, adding to his top accompanist prizes at the Thelma King Awards, Great Elm Vocal Awards, and AESS Finals. He made his conducting debut with London Youth Opera’s The Magic Flute. Internationally, Craig has toured South Korea and Japan, captivating audiences with his performances.
Craig’s career as a staff pianist at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a duo-coach at the Royal College of Music has allowed him to share his expertise with aspiring musicians. His debut at the prestigious Wigmore Hall with Oboist James Turnbull in October 2010 marked the beginning of a remarkable journey, performing at all the major concert venues around London.
Craig’s versatility as a collaborative pianist has led him to work at various International Music Academies, including the Schiermonnikoog masterclasses in Holland, Rencontres Musicales Internationales D’Enghien in Belgium, Kronberg Akademie in Germany, and the Voksenasen Akademie in Norway. In 2017, he adjudicated the Con Brio Piano Competition in Mumbai, India, and has collaborated with renowned artists such as Dame Kiri te Kanawa and Waltraud Meier at the Aix-en-Provence Académie.
In high demand, Craig spent 2015 living in Germany, working for the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne. He toured the UK with Russian violinist Adelia Myslov and appeared with Soprano Eleanor Dennis on the BBC programme “The Joy of Mozart”. In 2018, he performed on BBC Radio 3 in a live soundtrack of Daniel Elms’ ‘Bethia’ during the Hull New Music Biennial. Craig is also a proud member of the “Philomel Project”, which brings a diverse series of concerts to the Crick Institute in London. He has recently completed a recording of Joseph Jongen melodies with Belgian soprano Sarah Defrise.
Beyond performing, Craig is an accomplished arranger. His new “5 Preludes for Violin and Piano” (Debussy/Arr White) are published by DB Edition and have been performed across Europe. They were featured on an album with Daniel Rowland on Violin and Natacha Kudritskaya on Piano, and his arrangement of Debussy’s “Serenade Interrompue” was later released on Daniel Rowland and Maja Bogdanovic’s debut CD, “Pas de deux”. Craig also works as an arranger. His new “5 Preludes for Violin and Piano” (Debussy/Arr White) are published by DB Edition and have been performed all over Europe. They will be released on a disc in 2020 with Daniel Rowland on Violin and Natacha Kudritskaya on Piano. His arrangement of Debussy's “Serenade Interrompue” has also been released on Daniel Rowland and Maja Bogdanovic’s debut CD, “Pas de deux”.
