He's the chart-topping classical guitarist sensation who has stolen the hearts of fans all over the world not only with his good looks but his fantastic skills when playing classical guitar.
He's the world's biggest classical guitarist, and we got the chance to ask him about his new body of work 'Concierto de Aranjuez', as well as his beginnings in the world of music and just what we can expect from his upcoming projects.
When did you realise you had a passion for music?
Ever since I was born. I was always a child with a strong musical instinct - I always liked to sing and then I discovered guitar, and I fell in love with it.
I don't come from a classical family - a family that appreciates classical music at all - so classical music was new to me. In the beginning I wasn't so thrilled with it because I thought it was very different to what I imagined music is, but then I fell in love with classical guitar because I felt it was the most magical instrument in the world.
How did you find that process of mastering classical guitar?
Well, guitar is one of the most complicated instruments technically. Every note that you play you need to physically strike - you have to strike a chord for every note - you don't have a key or a board or a bow or anything.
It's a process which at the same time also emphazises the intimacy of creating a sound on the guitar, and it's one of the reasons why I think guitar is the most popular instrument in the world - it's because when you play guitar it's like you're playing your own heart strings, as people like to say. It's very intimate, it becomes a part of you.
You're obviously very successful now - was it difficult to break into the industry as a classical guitarist?
Well, everything that is meaningful is not easy. It is a process of tremendous hard work, and even more tremendous self belief.
I just believe in my instrument and I believe in the energy that I communicate in my instrument and with the audience, and I just stuck with it and that's the only way.
Was it hard? Yes, but if it was easy I would probably have not been ready for the life and the career that I have today, and life of a travelling musician is the most exhiliarating thing imaginable, because every night you play in front of so many different people - in front of thousands of audiences around the world every night, but then at the same time it's very very hard work, and there is a lot of travelling, and pressure, and expectation and you have to be strong enough to be able to deal with it.
So, I feel that my career happened at a time when I was ready for it. If it happened earlier it wouldn't have been good. So there is a perfect time for everything.
The road to success is not difficult for no reason. It is difficult because that's the only way to - it's a test from above, whether you are ready or not.
You studied at the Royal Academy of Music - how did you find that experience?
That is probably the most beautiful time of my life because I had such an incredible time at the Academy; amazing teachers, amazing friends, surrounded by an environment in which you can thrive, and I learned my craft in this Academy. I learned how to be a musician, and I still go to the Academy when I can, to see my friends there and see my colleagues - just whenever I need a little bit of creation, because it's a place which really feels like a safe haven.
You've taken the classical number one spot with your previous two albums - how did that feel?
It feels fantastic, I mean to have done such incredible things in such a short period of time. It feels great, and it's a great encouragement to continue to work harder and aim to become a better musician every day.
What can you tell us about your new record which you released on Valentine's Day?
My new record 'Aranjuez' is an album of the most iconic pieces for guitar and orchestra, and it is my first Concierto record and with that, I think it is the most ambitious record I've ever done.
It's an album which I'm so proud of because it's an album which is a true labour of love for me. I always dreamed of one day being able to record those pieces, and now I have them on the record and they sound exactly how I always wanted them to sound, and it's an incredible feeling of satisfaction and true appreciation of all the hard work.
In this CD I have also worked with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which I'm really close to for personal and professional reasons, and also with Yannick Nézet-Séguin who is an incredible conductor, so I really had a dream team. We recorded in the Abbey Road studios where the sound is absolutely unbelievable, so I'm so excited for the whole world to hear this album, so it's an album towards which I was going ever since I started my recording career in 2007.
Did you choose Valentine's Day as the release date because of the romantic nature of the album?
Well, partly, but also because that's much more what the record company decides to do than what I do, because my job is to make the album and make the best I possibly can, and make myself available for when it comes out.
We released it on Valentine's Day also partly because I was playing concerts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic on Valentine's Day, with a piece from the record, and it just was a very, very nice link and connection.
And, when you think about the guitar it is the ultimate romantic instrument, let's face it. So, there were many, many things going for us to actually release it on Valentine's Day.
You've toured the world, but you've chosen to live in England - what is it about the UK that you love?
I have now probably seen all the major cities in the world, and I still think that London - for me - is the most incredible city, because it is, geographically and in every possible sense really, in the centre of the world. It's so easy to get everywhere. It is a city of past, present and future and it's probably the only city which has all of those three elements, and I love it. I love London for all it has to offer, for all the excitement as well as for all the peace you can find in all the different corners of it, and I chose London to be my base for so many different reasons. It's a true world capital.
If you could choose to collaborate with anyone, who would you choose and why?
I think collaboration and innovation is something towards which I want to go with my future projects, because with the previous three albums I feel I have created this very solid base on which I can build.
There are many artists of so many different spheres of music that I would like to collaborate with, and it's very important to not just think in the realms of what is in the comfort zone, but to actually think a little bit outside the box.
So, I would collaborate with artists that excite me no matter which background they have. I do not like to name-drop, because there are many things happening at the moment in that direction, so I would not like to mention anybody just in case, but it's all going into that exact direction.
Miloš Karadaglic's 'Concierto de Aranjuez' is available now.