Miloš Karadaglić
{{Short description|Classical guitarist from Montenegro}}
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| genre = Classical guitar
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Guitar
| years_active = 2011–present{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/milosguitar/posts/1194540540620426|title=Milos Facebook|year=2016|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=26 February 2017}}
| label = Deutsche Grammophon Decca Records Sony Classical
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Miloš Karadaglić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Карадаглић, born 23 April 1983), sometimes known just by his mononym MILOŠ, is a classical guitarist and Sony Classical recording artist. He was born in Montenegro.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/8344625/Milos-Classical-guitar-has-a-new-hero.html|title=Milos: Classical guitar has a new hero|last=Sweeting|first=Adam |date=24 Feb 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=19 December 2011}} He is often credited for leading the way in the classical guitar revival of the past decade.
Biography
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Miloš first started playing the guitar at the age of eight. By the time he was a teenager, the Yugoslav Wars were raging and, although Montenegro was spared from direct conflict, its citizens were isolated from the rest of Europe. When he was 17-year-old, Miloš successfully applied for a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music by sending a video tape he recorded at home. He moved to London in September 2000, where he has continued to live ever since.
Kara (dark) dağ (mountain) means Montenegro in Turkish. Karadaglić is the Slavic form of the Turkish surname (Karadağlı) meaning a person from Montenegro.{{Cite web |title=Classify Milos Karadaglic [Archive] - The Apricity Forum: A European Cultural Community |url=https://www.theapricity.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-41961.html |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=www.theapricity.com}} In public, Miloš is most commonly referred to by his first name alone.
Career
Miloš signed an exclusive recording contract to Deutsche Grammophon in 2010. His career began its meteoric rise in 2011 with the release of his debut album Mediterráneo{{cite web |url=http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4779338 |title=MILOS KARADAGLIC, Mediterráneo |publisher=deutschegrammophon.com |year= |accessdate=16 May 2013}} (titled The Guitar for the U.K. market), topping the classical charts around the world and turning him into “classical music’s guitar hero” (the Telegraph).{{Cite web |date=2011-02-24 |title=Milos: Classical guitar has a new hero |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/8344625/Milos-Classical-guitar-has-a-new-hero.html |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}} The album stayed #1 in the U.K. classical chart for 28 weeks. That same year he won the prestigious Gramophone Young Artist of the Year{{cite web|url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/2011/young-artist-of-the-year|title=Young Artist of the Year: Miloš Karadaglić|year=2011|publisher=Gramophone|accessdate=19 December 2011}} and Echo Klassik Newcomer of the Year awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.echoklassik.de/en/klassik-preistraeger-2012 |title=Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Miloš Karadaglić |year=2012 |publisher=Echo Klassik |accessdate=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111005828/http://www.echoklassik.de/en/klassik-preistraeger-2012/ |archivedate=11 November 2012 }}
Gramophone, reviewing the record, commented: "Karadaglić is a guitarist of superior musical and technical gifts who allows his personality to sing through the music with taste and intelligence". Geoffrey Norris of The Daily Telegraph said: "The playing is lithe, subtle of timbre and transcendentally beautiful."{{cite web |author=Geoffrey Norris |author-link=Geoffrey Norris |date=12 May 2011 |title=Miloš: the Guitar, CD review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalcdreviews/8510386/Milo-the-Guitar-CD-review.html |accessdate=16 May 2013}}
In 2012, he was named Classic BRIT MasterCard Breakthrough Artist of the Year for his second release of Latin American solo guitar music titled Latino.{{cite web |year= |title=MILOS KARADAGLIC, Latino |url=http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4790063 |accessdate=16 May 2013 |publisher=deutschegrammophon.com}}
2012 was a breakthrough year on the concert stage for Miloš, with sold-out debut performances and tours in the UK, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia.
"Part of the reason Karadaglić has such a large following" commented The West Australian, "is his ability to straddle both hardcore classical and pop classical camps."{{cite news |url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/15389966/guitar-hero-raises-tempo |title=Guitar hero raises tempo |author=William Yeoman |newspaper=The West Australian |date= 15 November 2012 |accessdate=16 May 2013}} 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."{{cite web |title=Miloš – review |date=2012-09-26 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021003232/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/26/milos-karadaglic-review |archive-date=2020-10-21 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/26/milos-karadaglic-review}} The Independent wrote: “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 Karadaglić not only a magician, but a serious and accomplished musician”.
The success of Latino/Pasión{{Cite web |title=MILOŠ KARADAGLIĆ Latino |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/milos-karadaglic-latino-10787 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=www.deutschegrammophon.com |language=en}} led to a new 2013 release entitled Latino GOLD{{Citation |last=Milos Karadaglic |title=Latino Gold |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Latino-Gold-Milos-Karadaglic/dp/B00B2J6ROG |access-date=2023-10-30}} featuring thirty minutes of newly recorded tracks from a wealth of Latin America-inspired music. Sergio Assad created arrangements for some of the key tracks on the album.
The 2014 Deutsche Grammophon recording titled Aranjuez,{{Cite web |title=MILOŠ / ARANJUEZ |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/milos-aranjuez-11208 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=www.deutschegrammophon.com |language=en}} with Joaquin Rodrigo's two most famous guitar concertos, Concierto de Aranjuez and Fantasia para un Gentilhombre, conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the London Philharmonic Orchestra had the Sunday Times calling him “The King of Aranjuez”.
“Blackbird- the Beatles Album{{Cite web |title=Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4fJbW2aN9c9zSN8qWVEcWe?si=n-qA9PbSQu2NkHKQTVrQPg&_branch_match_id=1247552702127874762&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXLy7IL8lMq9TLyczL1jd3q3IpLQqONHdJAgCirN7oIAAAAA%3D%3D |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=open.spotify.com}}” was released in 2016. Recorded in the famous Abbey Road Studio 2, it features classic Beatles songs performed in innovative new arrangements by Sérgio Assad and includes collaborations with the jazz legend Gregory Porter, pop singer Tori Amos, cellist Steven Isserlis and sitar superstar Anoushka Shankar.
In 2016 BBC Music Magazine{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Classical Music |url=https://www.classical-music.com/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Classical Music |language=en-US}} included Miloš in their list of Six best classical guitarists.{{Cite web |title=Six of the best... classical guitarists |url=https://www.classical-music.com/features/artists/six-best-classical-guitarists/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Classical Music |date=15 January 2016 |language=en}} He featured on the cover of the BBC Music Magazine in the same year.
Miloš’ describes his 2019 Decca Classics album Sound of Silence{{Cite web |title=Miloš Karadaglić |url=https://store.deccaclassics.com/collections/milos-karadaglic |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Decca Classics |language=en}} as, ‘a personal scrapbook of popular music that will always have a special meaning to me.’
The Moon & the Forest{{Cite web |title=Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3btP1rSrEPL6a80VWpyxdf?si=j6FfVd7qTOSZ_Qv9qwms4w&_branch_match_id=1247553189737963985&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXLy7IL8lMq9TLyczL1i8zCi8PqzKOMndJAgDKB8fhIAAAAA%3D%3D |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=open.spotify.com}} was released in 2021, also on Decca Classics, and features world premiere recordings of Howard Shore and Joby Talbot’s concertos for guitar written especially for him. Talbot concerto was premiered at the BBC Proms Festival{{Cite web |title=BBC Proms |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=BBC Music Events |language=en}} at the Royal Albert Hall in August 2018.
Miloš’ has appeared as a soloist with some of the world’s greatest orchestras: London and LA Philharmonics, Atlanta Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de España, Santa Cecilia Rome, NHK Tokyo, Munich Philharmonic,{{Cite web |date=2023-11-06 |title=Start - Munich Philharmonics |url=https://www.mphil.de/en/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Münchner Philharmoniker |language=en}} Oslo Philharmonic,{{Cite web |title=Oslo Philharmonic |url=https://ofo.no/en/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=ofo.no |language=en}} Detroit Symphony.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.dso.org/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Detroit Symphony Orchestra |language=en}}
Miloš returned to the Royal Albert Hall post-pandemic in June 2022, playing “in the round” to a full capacity audience. He was a soloist with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony{{Cite web |last=Germany |first=hr-sinfonieorchester de, Frankfurt |title=English Version |url=https://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de/english/index.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=hr-sinfonieorchester.de |language=German}} in August 2023 for their annual Europa Open Air, playing Concierto de Aranjuez for more than sixteen thousand people, broadcast live on German nacional TV. His international stage debut happened in 2008, at the Luzern Festival.{{Cite web |last=www.mir.de |first=MIR MEDIA-Digital Agency- |title=Welcome |url=https://www.lucernefestival.ch/en/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=www.lucernefestival.ch |language=en}}
= SONY Classical =
In 2022 Miloš’ signed a new long term exclusive contract with Sony Classical, signalling the beginning of a new chapter in his career.
Baroque, Miloš’ seventh studio album and first for SONY, was released in October 2023 to universal acclaim. The track list is a carefully curated selection of baroque works especially transcribed and arranged for the guitar, both solo and in collaboration with Jonathan Cohen and his ensemble Arcangelo. Gramophone Magazine said, “‘Baroque’ is … Miloš’ most virtuosic album to date…. He asks the famous question, ‘Sonata, what do you want of me?’ and listens for an answer before communicating it to us in the clearest, most elegant and most moving fashion.”
= Philanthropy =
Miloš is an active patron of numerous charities supporting young musicians in the UK and abroad including the London Music Fund and the charity [https://www.youngsounds.org.uk/ Young Sounds UK].[13]
He recently launched the “MILOŠ Foundation” – based in Porto Montenegro, this philanthropic organisation aims to act as a regional hub of influence by empowering artistic excellence though various educational opportunities, partnerships and close mentorship.
= Publishing =
In 2018 Schott Music published a new series of 4 classical guitar books, titled "Play Guitar with Miloš", where he teaches classical guitar through the pieces he has played and enjoyed throughout his career.
= Personal life =
Miloš lives in Battersea, London. He keeps close ties to his homeland, Montenegro. He plays on a 2017 Greg Smallman guitar.
Discography
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| style="text-align:center;"|2011
|Mediterráneo | style="text-align:center;"|Miloš / Deutsche Grammophon | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;"|99 | style="text-align:center;"|45 | style="text-align:center;"|49 | style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|2012
|Latino | style="text-align:center;"|Miloš / Deutsche Grammophon | style="text-align:center;"|198 | style="text-align:center;"|155 | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"|89 | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"|57 | style="text-align:center;"|64 | style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|2013
|Aranjuez | style="text-align:center;"|Miloš Karadaglić / Decca | style="text-align:center;"|36 | style="text-align:center;"|102 | style="text-align:center;"|15 | style="text-align:center;"|55 | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"|41 | style="text-align:center;"|53 | style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|2016
|Blackbird: The Beatles Album | style="text-align:center;"|Miloš / Decca / Mercury Classics | style="text-align:center;"|106 | style="text-align:center;"|200 | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"|78 | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"|47 | style="text-align:center;"| |
;Others
- Latino GOLD (2013)
- Miloš (2013)
- Canción (2013)
- Sound Of Silence (2019)
- The Moon & The Forest (2021)
- Baroque (2023)
References
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External links
- [http://milosguitar.com/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130119071945/http://imgartists.com/artist/milosh_karadagli IMG Artists Miloš artist page]
- [https://sonyclassical.com/artists/artist-details/milos-karadaglic Sony Classical Miloš artist page]
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