Mads Tolling

Mads Tolling
(2011)
Background information
Born (1980-07-05) July 5, 1980 (age 44)
Copenhagen, Denmark
GenresClassical, jazz
Instrument(s)Violin, viola
Years active2003–present
Websitemadstolling.com/

Mads Tolling (born July 5, 1980)[1] is a Danish-American violinist, violist, composer and two-time Grammy Award-Winner.

As a former member of the Turtle Island Quartet[2] and bassist Stanley Clarke’s band,[3] Tolling is today leading his own projects and bands. He won Grammy Awards for Best Classical Crossover Album as part of Turtle Island Quartet's recordings 4+Four (2006)[4] and A Love Supreme - The Legacy of John Coltrane (2008).[4] He recorded on Stanley Clarke's The Toys of Men (2007).[3] Tolling was nominated for another Grammy in the Classical Compendium Category in 2015 with the album, Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet. In 2016 he was the winner of the DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star Violin Award.

Tolling currently focuses on his solo projects, Mads Tolling & The Mads Men[5] and the Mads Tolling Quartet,[6] and he has recorded five albums as a bandleader. He has also received commissions to write and solo with symphony orchestras. He has performed with Chick Corea, Ramsey Lewis, Kenny Barron, Paquito D'Rivera, Leo Kottke and Sergio & Odair Assad.[7]

Born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tolling relocated to the United States to study at Berklee College of Music where he graduated Summa Cumme Laude in 2003. After graduating He received Denmark's Sankt Annae's Award for Musical Excellence as well as grants from Queen Margrethe, the Sonning Foundation and the Berklee Elvin Jones Award. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, he has toured worldwide with the Stanley Clarke band and Turtle Island Quartet. He has also performed with Al Di Meola, Kenny Barron, Paquito D'Rivera, and Leo Kottke.[7]

  1. ^ "Mads Tolling Biography". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Turtle Island Quartet". Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Mads Tolling". StanleyClarke.com: The Players. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Past Winners Search". The Recording Academy. 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  5. ^ Jazz, All About (19 January 2017). "Mads Tolling and the Mads Men: Playing the 60s". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  6. ^ Moore, Nick (February 12, 2009). "Mads Tolling Quartet Fires Up Oakland Venue Yoshi's with Furious Sound". The Daily Californian. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Mads Tolling". Silent Strings. Yamaha United States. Retrieved 14 March 2012.