John Martling began his musical education in the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden. There he studied the performance of early music and basso continuo on the lute and made exchange studies with Francesca Torelli at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Milan. He has completed the Bachelor and Master programme with distinction in Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Peter Croton, studying the use and repertoire of the theorbo, the archlute, and the baroque- and renaissance lute, as well as singing with Sebastian Goll. And after that, the Specialized performance of renaissance music master programme with Marc Lewon as his lute professor and Ozan Karagöz and Grace Newcombe as singing teachers. Alongside this he also participated in the "Advanced Vocal Ensemble Studies" (AVES) in the SCB, led by Paul Agnew, Björn Schmelzer, Stratton Bull and Lisandro Abadie.

 

As a valued accompanist and solist, John has performed together with many ensembles in Switzerland and in most countries in Europe.In 2017 he won the Romanus-Weichlein prize in the H.I.F. Biber competition in st. Florian with ensemble Viatoribus, and in 2019 he was a finalist in the Wassenaer competition in Utrecht with ensemble Phaedrus. John Martling is currently active as a freelance musician in Stockholm, and has performed together with many of the swedish early music ensembles and orchestras, such as Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble and ReBaroque, and with his own duo Elis.