Michael Bridge - Profile

Professional profile on Michael Bridge, concert accordionist.
www.MichaelBridge.ca
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Michael Bridge is a musical maverick. He’s a virtuoso performer on both the acoustic accordion and its 21st Century cousin, the digital accordion. His concerts capture the energy and panache of stadium rock with the elegance and discipline of chamber music.
He’s won a slew of competitions in Canada and abroad and was named one of CBC’s 30 under 30 classical musicians. He received his doctorate in accordion performance from the University of Toronto and is a Rebanks Fellow at the Glenn Gould School. He gives over 100 concerts a year as a soloist and as a member of Bridge & Wolak and Ladom Ensemble. He’s in high demand for masterclasses around the world.
Dr. Bridge embraces a musical aesthetic that is alternatively irreverent, deadly serious, meticulously prepared and completely in-the-moment. He’s at home with classical, contemporary, jazz and folk music and has premiered 53 new works.
Ultimately, he aims to make your world more bearable, beautiful and human-even if only for the length of a concert.

[@salishseaquest7952]

Thank you, Michael, for sharing this intimate glimpse into your world, your music, your life. Beautiful!

[@ricardor6388]

Thanks for this Michael !

[@RobertKarlBerta]

nice video Michael. I like how you talk about how an accordion has tremendous abilities giving it dynamics, tonal variations, etc. So many think the bellows just allow the reeds to sound (in an acoustic and mimiced with a pressure sensor in a digital accordion)). To me the bellows is the soul of an accordionl...it is much like the tone control of a wind instrument or how a violin or cellow uses its bow for artistic manipulation. Whereas a piano is loudest when a key is first pushed and than fades...an accordion like a wind instrument or violin can increase or decrease in volume, and through manipulation of wind or the bow yeilds an amazing amount of variations and control that a piano doesn't have. ❤