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Cambridge Connections: George Bridgtower

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

  • 13th March 2025 - 13th March 2025
  • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Dr Victoria Avery, 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.

 

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

Facilities

  • Air conditioned
  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Disabled Accessibility
  • Facilities for Disabled Guests
  • Luggage storage
  • Non-Smoking Rooms
  • Restaurant
  • wheelchair accessible
  • WIFI

Accessibility Facilities

  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Designated wheelchair public toilet
  • Staff available to assist
  • Wheel chair accessible
  • Wheelchair accessible
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