“Celia Craig… a talented musician… with a great vision for classical music… this innovative approach of using 21st-century technology to enhance our cultural heritage…”
– Hon. Anne Levy, AO, former Minister for the Arts, SA, Chevalier de la Legion D’Honneur
“I would like to salute Celia Craig’s incredible artistic enterprise, Artaria: this is something like no other musical company … several beautiful recordings … spotlight the beautiful scenery and heritage of South Australia and spread, I think, musical joy around the world….”
– Dame Judith Weir, DBE, HonFRSE, Master of The Kings Music
“..a brilliant musician of international standing with powerful connections to the music industry in UK and Europe…Cella’s musical virtuosity combines unexpectedly with seemingly endless drive and inventiveness seeking new ways of presenting music and collaborating with diverse musicians… to create a significant and memorable series of inspiring artistic events …”
– Carl Vine, AO, composer and former Artistic Director, Musica Viva Australia
“… flawless and sensitive solos from Celia Craig’s solemn cor anglais … from opposite ends of the Royal Albert Hall platform, conducted by John Adams …”
– S and H Prom Review
“this thoughtful and extremely well played programme … most fine Trio …so intimate and personal that listening was like eavesdropping on musicians playing for themselves…”
– Brett Allen Bayes, Limelight Dec 2022
“Celia is a rare talent who fortunately chose to live and work in Adelaide. As Australia’s UNESCO City of Music we need to nurture, celebrate and support her”
– The Hon. Steven Marshall, MP, former Premier of South-Australia
“ … not only a passionate and inspiring person …a world class asset for South Australia and Australia in performance and in the development of a generation of inspiring young musicians …”
– Norman Gillespie, Chair, Pinchgut Opera.
“Classical Music has been defined in a very narrow band. I believe that live music should be fun and engaging for all. Celia proposes a new brand awareness which could shape-shift the audience…”
-Margaret Lehmann AM
“Celia shows a special flair for choosing not only repertoire but (perhaps especially) the musicians with whom she plays. She has a knack for finding those colleagues who not only are technically perfect – something that we take almost for granted nowadays – but who like herself can reach down to the essence of the music they are playing….”
– Anthony Steel, AM, former Artistic Director, Adelaide Festival, World Expo, Singapore Arts Festival
“Her energy and commitment to developing, commissioning, and performing new works makes her a composers’ dream- she is the type of person all living composers desire to work with, as we know that our music is in the safest of hands”
– Anne Cawrse, composer
“The musical utterances were genuinely person to person – so close that every twitch of energy and expression could be felt in a physical way….”
– Graham Strahle, 5MBSFM
“Celia Craig was the ideal oboist … she began with silken smoothness… and with the sweetest poise…”
– Graham Strahle, INDaily
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