Mads Tolling is an internationally-respected violinist, composer and violist. He has won two Grammy Awards. Mads spent his entire professional life traveling internationally as a nine-year member of the Turtle Island Quartet and bassist Stanley Clarke. Mads Tolling Quartet has been Mads’s group since 2007. The release of “The Playmaker”, in the autumn 2009, featured Stanley Clarke and jazz legends Russell Ferrante.