Michael Bridge

Michael Bridge is a musical maverick. “A wizard of the accordion” (CBC), he’s a virtuoso performer on acoustic accordion and the digital accordion. His concerts and improvisations fuse the panache of stadium rock with the elegance of chamber music. It all began when Bridge was five, growing up in Calgary—his mom bought him a $5 accordion at a garage sale. He has performed throughout Europe, 25 US states, all Canadian provinces, and received his doctorate in accordion performance from the University of Toronto. He’s at home with classical, contemporary, jazz, and folk music and has premiered 60 new works.

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