“Linden has a track record for professionalism that has earned him national and international recognition.” The Times

           

Carl Linden began studying violin with his mother (Florence Gindl) and grandfather (George Gindl) at age 5. At age 12, he temporarily stopped his violin lessons in pursuit of a child actor-singer career performing in the national company of the show "The Sound of Music," starring Florence Henderson and later Barbara Meister.

At age 18, Linden studied violin under scholarship with Daniel Guilet at Indiana University. Later he continued violin lessons under scholarship with Mischa Mischakoff at Wayne State University. Guilet was the founder of the Beaux Arts Trio. Mischakoff was the famed concertmaster of Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra. Linden plays classical, commercial, and jazz style violin. Carl earned with honors a BME and a MM in violin performance.

During the historic Chicago visit by Pope John Paul II, Linden was the leader of the string ensemble that accompanied legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti at a special ceremony televised worldwide. As an orchestra member, Linden has performed with such stars as Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Joel Gray, Sammy Davis Jr., Donna Summer, Tom Jones and Bob Hope. Carl played with Franz Benteler and the Royal Strings in the Consort at the top of the Continental Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago for 11 years. Linden was promoted to leader in the Benteler agency. Carl occasionally would lead the Royal Strings in the Consort and also produced ensembles for Franz Benteler throughout Chicago. With Franz Benteler, Linden performed for Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Emperor Hirohito  and Anwar Sadat. Linden then formed his own Orchestra, which has backed up, The Lettermen, Roger Williams, Patti Page, Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Julius LaRosa, Frankie Laine and The Fifth Dimension. As a classical violinist, Linden has performed with The Rockefeller Chapel Orchestra, The Chicago Chamber Orchestra, The Chicago City Symphony, and concertmaster and soloist with the Holy Name Cathedral Orchestra on WGN television.
 
Linden contracts musical groups through his home-based office providing ensembles for events both private and public. Carl Linden plans and performs music for wedding, anniversary, company, convention and hospital parties. Their unique blend of classical, commercial, jazz and contemporary music, allows his orchestra to be the perfect complement to any elegant occasion. Besides performing with his orchestra, Carl is also a highly recognized violin teacher and orchestral composer.