Karadaglić 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 (titled
The Guitar for the UK market), topping the classical charts around the world and turning him into “classical music’s guitar hero” (the Telegraph). The album stayed #1 in the UK classical chart for 28 weeks. That same year he won the prestigious
Gramophone Young Artist of the Year and
Echo Klassik Newcomer of the Year awards.
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." 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. 2012 was a breakthrough year on the concert stage for Karadaglić, with sold-out 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." This was echoed by the London press following his celebrated
Royal Albert Hall debut about 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 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 led to a new 2013 release entitled
Latino Gold 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, 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” 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 included Miloš in their list of Six best classical guitarists. He was featured on the cover of the BBC Music Magazine in the same year. Karadaglić describes his 2019
Decca Classics album Sound of Silence as, ‘a personal scrapbook of popular music that will always have a special meaning to me.’ The Moon & the Forest 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 at the Royal Albert Hall in August 2018. Karadaglić 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, Oslo Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony. Karadaglić 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 in August 2023 for their annual Europa Open Air, playing Concierto de Aranjuez before more than sixteen thousand people, broadcast live on German national television. His international stage debut happened in 2008, at the Luzern Festival. In 2025, he was nominated for the prestigious Montenegrin
Thirteenth of July award, but he refused to receive it for political reasons.
Sony Classical In 2022 Karadaglić signed a new long term exclusive contract with
Sony Classical, signalling the beginning of a new chapter in his career.
Baroque, Karadaglić's 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 Karadaglić is a patron of numerous charities supporting young musicians in the UK and abroad, including the London Music Fund and the charity 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 using the pieces he has played and enjoyed throughout his career.
Personal life Karadaglić lives in
Battersea, London. He keeps close ties to his homeland, Montenegro. He plays on a 2017
Greg Smallman guitar. ==Discography==