Dave Bainbridge

British musician who runs his own studio called Open Sky Studio, born 1959 in Darlington in the north east of England. In 2022, moved to the US.
Brother of [a3961663], who died early 1999 from a brain haemorrhage.
Dave Bainbridge is a guitarist based in Manchester. He was educated at Chetham’s School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music, where his studies were with Craig Ogden and where he was awarded the Sir John Manduell Prize and The David Edwards Bursary. He has performed throughout the UK in solo, chamber and orchestral settings and has established a reputation in the world of contemporary music. He has given numerous premiere performances and recordings. He has recorded for the Slip Discs experimental music label and is in demand as a chamber musician, including as a member of ACM Ensemble and the Nova Guitar Duo with Martin Bickerton. His diverse performing experience also includes playing within rock and jazz idioms, playing the banjo and appearing onstage as a guitar-playing gypsy in Bizet’s Carmen.