Cambridge Connections: George Bridgetower

Thursday 13 March

Anonymous, 19th c. George Polgreen Bridgetower, Recto.19th c. The Morgan Library & Museum, CMP B851. Purchased on the Cary Fund, 1972

Join us for this lunchtime lecture and live musical performances exploring the life of George Bridgetower (1778–1860), a London-based virtuoso violinist of African and Polish descent, and his connections to Cambridge.

Dr Victoria Avery, lead curator of our Rise Up exhibition, shares her fascinating new research alongside violin performances by Nicole Cherry, the Assistant Professor of Violin from University of Texas at San Antonio and founder of the ForgewithGeorge project which commissions new violin compositions inspired by Bridgetower.

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Cambridge Connections: George Bridgetower

Join us for this lunchtime lecture and live musical performances exploring the life of George Bridgetower (1778–1860), a London-based virtuoso violinist of African and Polish descent, and his connections to Cambridge.

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