Violinist

Grammy-award-winning soloist Mads Tolling brings his jazz concerto Begejstring to our family concert. We also invite to the stage young string players from local schools to perform fiddle tunes with Tolling and the DSO.

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Family Concert: Fiddling with Mads Tolling

Lesher Center for the Arts

Mads Tolling & The Mads Men bring a fun and exciting program that is as nostalgic as it is contemporary, with re-imagined classic songs from 1960s television, film and radio. Mads, internationally renowned violinist, composer and two-time Grammy Award-winner, takes us back to the 60s serving up fun-filled nostalgia, exciting arrangements of familiar tunes and fresh takes on jazz standards and the not-so-standard – pushing the boundaries of where a violin can go.

Symphony Recital Mads Tolling & The Mads Men

Cabrillo College

An internationally renowned violinist and composer originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, Mads Tolling now calls San Francisco home. As a former nine-year member of both bassist Stanley Clarke’s band and the celebrated Turtle Island Quartet, Mads won two Grammy Awards, and he was nominated for a third Grammy in 2015. He was the 2016 winner of the DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star Violin Award. Mads has performed with Chick Corea, Ramsey Lewis, Kenny Barron, Paquito D’Rivera, Leo Kottke and Sergio & Odair Assad. Mads is a current member of Bob Weir’s Wolf Bros & Wolf Pack Band. Mads will be joined for this performance by pianist John R. Burr.

Mads Tolling, with pianist John R. Burr

Preston Hall

February 23 brings the San Diego debut of the San Francisco String Trio, featuring Bay Area-based artists Mimi Fox on guitar, Jeff Denson on bass and vocals, and Mads Tolling on violin. Denson is familiar to Athenaeum audiences from his past appearances with Parisian guitarist Romain Pilon and Brian Blade, with Lee Konitz, and with the multinational Minsarah Trio. He is joined in the San Francisco String trio by two-time Grammy winner Tolling and six-time DownBeat International Critics Poll winner Fox, who come together to create an eclectic, riveting mixture of beautiful and passionate music. Crossing every genre from tango to funk, gorgeous ballads to sizzling up-tempo originals, the San Francisco String Trio provides its audiences with a special musical experience that is both poignant and compelling. Downbeat praised the trio for its “masterful musicianship and innovative arrangements that combine elements of jazz, pop, country, rock, swing, and world music. 4 stars!” Guitar Player called them “undeniably transcendent players, arrangers, and composers.” JazzTimes celebrated guitarist Fox for her “remarkable artistry… virtuosity… and inherent musicality,” calling her a “guitarist’s guitarist.”

Mads Tolling

Violinist

Events

Apr 14, 2024

Family Concert: Fiddling with Mads Tolling · Diablo Symphony Orchestra

Oct 8, 2023

Symphony Recital Mads Tolling & The Mads Men · Santa Cruz Symphony

Jul 19, 2023

Mads Tolling, with pianist John R. Burr · Mendocino Music Festival

Feb 23, 2022

San Francisco String Trio · Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

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