Michael Bridge

In-depth interview with accordion virtuoso Michael Bridge; the podcast and video versions feature a lot of great music and the transcript is linked here as well. In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael spoke to me about how best to engage with audiences, the subtleties intrinsic to programming digital accordion sounds, and how to forge lasting relationships. Michael was awarded his Doctorate of Musical Arts from University of Toronto, and is a prize-winning soloist and chamber musician who tours worldwide. This is also an episode which features many novel sounds you won’t have heard before from an accordion, and also music with the groups Bridge and Wolak and the Ladom Ensemble.