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Hi! My name is Mads Tolling, and I am a 2-time Grammy Award Winning Violinist living in San Francisco
I have been playing music for 30 years and I love teaching the violin and viola to interested students out there!
MADS TOLLING is an internationally renowned violinist and composer originally from Copenhagen, Denmark. As a former member of the celebrated Turtle Island Quartet, he won two Grammy Awards for Best Classical Crossover album, and was nominated for a third Grammy this year.
Mads recently and triumphantly debuted his violin concerto composition - “Begejstring” – at The Paramount Theatre with The Oakland East Bay Symphony, and has performed over 1,000 concerts around the globe including appearances at many of the world’s most prestigious Concert Halls and Music Festivals. He continues to tour internationally, and has headlined nationally everywhere from The Newport Jazz Festival and The Hollywood Bowl, to Yerba Buena Gardens and Herbst Theatre.
Mads has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, and his recordings have received rave reviews in Downbeat Magazine, Strings Magazine, Washington Post, and San Francisco Chronicle.
He received Denmark’s Sankt Annae’s Award for Musical Excellence, and has performed for Danish Royalty – Prince Frederick & Princess Mary – at the celebration for The Danish Embassy’s 50 year anniversary.
Mads received his B.A. from Berklee College of Music in Boston, and he now is on faculty at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley. As a featured Yamaha “Silent Strings” Artist, Mads leads clinics and masterclasses internationally.
As a performer Mads got his breakthrough, when he was recommended by Jean Luc Ponty to join Stanley Clarke’s band, and now leads his own group – Mads Tolling & The Mads Men. www.MadsTolling.com
Experience & Education
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Mads Tolling Quartet 2008 – Present
Violinist -
Turtle Island Quartet, 2003 – 2012
Violist & violinist -
Stanley Clarke Band 2003 – 2009
Violinist -
California Jazz Conservatory 2008 – Present
professor -
Berklee College of Music 2000 – 2003
B.A. in Professional Music
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