Michael Bridge
Michael Bridge is a musical maverick. He’s a virtuoso performer on both the acoustic and digital accordions. 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.
How To Install a User Program Bank (UPB) on a Digital Accordion
Elaboration on Bach's Invention in F Major (Michael Bridge)
Granados: Spanish Dance No. 5 (accordion - Michael Bridge)
Lark Ascending (violin & accordion) - Anna Stube & Michael Bridge
Michael Bridge - Profile
Oblivion (Piazzolla) on Digital Accordion - Michael Bridge
Palladio (Michael Bridge) - digital accordion
Fauré: Elegie (cello & accordion) Daniel Hamin Go & Michael Bridge
VERY RARE: Singleton Bi-Directional Reed Accordion (Michael Bridge)
ATG 2022: Michael Bridge plays Tsaghkats Baleni
ATG Chicago: Michael Bridge plays "Trazo" by Edson Zampronho
Brahms: Rondo alla Zingarese (Bridge, Wolak & Tardif)
Lutoslawski Dance Preludes (No.3) Bridge & Wolak
M2 Duo: 3 Unuttered Miracled - by Tyler Versluis (Michael Bridge & Michael Murphy)
DRUM REVERSAL Technique - Bugari Evo - Michael Bridge
BIG ORGAN PIPES - Bugari Evo - Michael Bridge
"Best New Work for Accordion 2011" - Tango-Toccata by Petri Makkonen (Michael Bridge)
Tsaghkats Baleni (Avetisyan) - Michael Bridge
(Part 2) Galaxy Bank Demo - Michael Bridge User Programs
Digital Stardust - J.S. Bach / Bridge&Wolak
(Part 1) Accordion UPGs Demo - Michael Bridge
(Bridge & Wolak) Scarlatti: Sonata K. 9
Michael Bridge plays Zampronha's "Trazo"
Michael Bridge - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Michael Bridge: 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) - Digital Accordion
Michael Bridge - Bach: Gigue (French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816)
Michael Bridge - Khatchaturian: Tokkata
Michael Bridge, accordion - Bach: French Suite No. 5 "Gigue"
The CELLO-ACCORDION (Michael Bridge)
Double-Double Duo: LIVE!