1983年出生的小帥哥米洛什·卡拉達格利奇雖然剛滿29歲,但他已經是英國《留聲機》雜志評出的2011年“年度青年藝術家”和“最佳暢銷古典專輯”兩項大獎得主,他與DG公司簽約的首張古典吉他專輯《地中海情深》,讓他一躍成為全球最受關注的音樂家。
近日,他在北京媒體面前表示,自己16歲離開祖國遠赴英倫學習,這張西班牙吉他專輯傾注了他濃濃的思鄉之情,其中的《眼淚》是最具代表性的。80后黑山吉他演奏家米洛什9歲就獲得國際演奏大獎,在他兒時的記憶中足球場只有守門員一個位置是屬于自己的,“因為我對踢足球毫無興趣,守門員有更多的時間去幻想自己在萬眾矚目下登臺演奏音樂?!泵茁迨埠苄〉臅r候就已經顯露出音樂方面的天賦,“雖然也學過鋼琴,但鋼琴實在太貴了,不是我家能夠承受得起的?!币粋€偶然的機會,他發現了父母臥室衣櫥上的一把布滿灰塵的老吉他,“它又黑又丑,沒有琴弦。但當我頭一回拿起那把吉他裝成搖滾巨星的模樣時,我說‘這就是我想演奏的樂器!’而當我第一次聽到父親收藏的老黑膠唱片中西班牙大師塞戈維亞的精彩演奏時,我做出了決定,‘我將以演奏吉他為生?!?
One of the hottest properties in classical music, MILO? came to international attention in 2011 with his debut album The Guitar (Mediterráneo) which, in the space of just a few months, topped classical charts around the world, became an internationally best selling sensation and earned Milo? Gramophone’s prestigious Young Artist of the Year Award.
As an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, Milo? Karadaglic? released his second album Latino (Pasión) in 2012 and went on to receive both Classic Brit (UK) and Echo Klassik (Germany) awards. Reviewing the album Gramophone commented “Karadaglic? is a guitarist of superior musical and technical gifts who allows his personality to sing through the music with taste and intelligence” and The Daily Telegraph added “this new Latin American programme is outstanding in its finesse, warm sensuality and sheer beauty.”
Latino proved so successful that it was subsequently re-released as Latino GOLD featuring 30 minutes of newly recorded tracks from a wealth of Latin American inspired music. Meanwhile MILO?: HEARTSTRINGS, a documentary filmed throughout 2012 and which charts the guitarist’s story to date, has been released on DVD and aired on numerous TV stations.
His new release, Aranjuez, is available now on Deutsche Grammophon/Mercury Classics. The album features Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez and Fantasia para un Gentilhombre and was recorded with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
2012/13 was the breakthrough year on the concert stage for Milo? with sold-out debut performances and tours around the word. “Part of the reason Karadaglic? has such a large following ”commented the Western Australian “is his ability to straddle both hardcore classical and pop classical camps.” This was echoed by the London press following his celebrated Royal Albert Hall debut of which The Guardian commented “More extraordinary by far, however, was the way a single guitarist, playing an intimate and understated set, and equipped with a single microphone and some clever lighting, could shrink the Hall's cavernous space into something so close.” The Independent concluded: “Defying its many critics to offer a dramatic and rounded evening of classical music, the guitar itself was the breakout star here – a sleight of hand that makes Karadaglic? not only a magician, but a serious and accomplished musician”.
Milo?’ passion for the guitar is matched with an intuitive sense of how to bring the instrument across to his public – whether it be for an audience of 3000 in the Royal Albert Hall or an intimate chamber music performance for 100 people. He enjoys performing in the major concert halls as much as in non traditional venues such as New York’s Le Poisson Rouge, London’s Camden Roundhouse (iTunes Festival) and Deutsche Grammophon’s Yellow Lounge club nights in London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, New York and Seoul.
The 2013 - 2014 season promises to take Milo? to new heights, with extensive tours throughout Europe, America and the Middle East, in recitals and concerto performances, as well as appearances at prestigious festivals such as Cheltenham (UK) , Ravinia (USA), Gstaad (Switzerland), Rheingau and Mecklenberg Vorpommern (Germany).
Born in Montenegro in 1983, Milo? Karadaglic? first started playing the guitar at the age of 8. When he was 17 he successfully applied for a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music and moved to London where he continues to live while keeping close ties with his family and homeland. Milo? is a passionate supporter of music education and acts as a Patron of the Mayor of London Fund for Young Musicians and the charity Awards for Young Musicians. He uses D'Addario J 46 strings and plays a 2007 Greg Smallman guitar, kindly lent to him by Paul and Jenny Gillham.