Bridger Johan (percussion) - Johan Bridger, Percussion
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"For his intense personal expression, brilliant technical mastery and overpowering stage presence". Thus read the judges citation for Johan Bridger when he...
"For his intense personal expression, brilliant technical mastery and overpowering stage presence". Thus read the judges citation for Johan Bridger when he picked up the Soloist's Prize on 9 May 2004.
The album "Johan Bridger, percussion" with works by Joseph Schwantner, Tobias Broström, Áskell Másson, David Maslanka and Staffan Storm was one part of the Soloist Prize, which otherwise consisted of 100,000 Swedish kronor, engagements with orchestras and a tour for Concerts Sweden.
Johan Bridger, born 1976, has been a soloist with many Swedish orchestras. He has made solo appearances in the USA and a number of European countries as well as on Swedish radio and TV. Since 1996 he has played together with Patrick Raab in the percussion duo MalleusIncus. He also plays in Ensemble Ars Nova and the Malmö Percussion Edition. He has participated as an orchestral musician in a number of prominent Swedish orchestras and also teaches at the Music Conservatory in Copenhagen.
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