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Edwin Huizinga

Edwin Huizinga is a violinist, composer, improviser, educator, and artistic director whose work is rooted in connection. Moving freely between Baroque, folk, contemporary music, improvisation, and indie rock, he is drawn to the spaces where musical traditions meet—and to the human connections that make those encounters meaningful. Edwin has performed around the world with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Renée Fleming, Dawn Upshaw, Mike Marshall, and Stevie Wonder. He is a founding member of the internationally-acclaimed Baroque ensemble ACRONYM and a founding member of Fire & Grace, his long-running collaboration with guitarist William Coulter, exploring the connections between Baroque music and folk traditions from around the world. He also performs with Tafelmusik and has toured around the world with Juno-nominated indie-rock band The Wooden Sky. Increasingly, Edwin’s work is about creating places for people to come together through music. He is Artistic Director of the SweetWater Music Festival in Ontario and Director of the Baroque & Classical Academy at the Carmel Bach Festival, where he is also part of the Festival’s Artistic Leadership Team. At Oberlin Conservatory, he serves as Assistant Professor of Baroque Violin, sharing his passion for historical performance with a new generation of musicians. As a composer and improviser, Edwin creates work that reflects his belief that musical boundaries are meant to be crossed. He has composed for institutions including the National Arts Centre and Opera Atelier and was commissioned to create a work for Canada’s 150th anniversary. He is also a founding member of Classical Revolution, an international movement bringing classical musicians and audiences together in unconventional spaces. For Edwin, music is ultimately a way of connecting—with another person, another tradition, another generation, or something within ourselves. There are no borders in music, only possibilities for connection.

William Coulter