Kasper Winding

Danish composer and multi-instrumentalist, born 21 June 1956 in Copenhagen. Gained reputation as a musical wonderkid thanks to his brilliant drumming skills when he was in his early teens. Started out as professional drummer around 1970, playing at a young age with many well-known jazz and pop artists including Palle Mikkelborg, Sanne Salomonsen, Svend Asmussen, Toots Thielemans and Tyggegummibanden. At the age of 16 he co-founded the Danish latin/funk fusion group Buki Yamaz with his half-brother Aske Bentzon. Throughout his career, Winding has composed and recorded music with musicians and filmmakers from all over the world. He has worked with such different artists as Phillip Glass, The Rolling Stones, Barry White, Nina Hagen, Per Nørgård, Abba, Terry Riley, Frank Zappa, Murray Head and Det Kongelige Kapel. He was drummer in iconic Danish pop band Shu-Bi-Dua from 1981 and played on their albums 1564107, 1265129 and Shu-Bi-Dua 10. He has released numerous solo albums, and had a massive single hit in Denmark in 1987 with 1671960, a duo with Lars Muhl for a TV-series, Winding is also a renowned producer. He produced albums for many Danish artists like C. V. Jørgensen, Kenneth Knudsen, Lis Sørensen, Stig Kreutzfeldt, tv-2, Maya Albana, Gangway, Caroline Henderson, Aud Wilken and his half-sister Alberte Winding among others. Winding is the son of author and radio and television producer Thomas Winding and cinematographer Vibeke Winding. He is the father of Oliver Winding with first wife Pia Tryde, Julian Winding with second wife Brigitte Nielsen, as well as Pablo Winding and Polly Winding with third wife Simone Bendix. He is the half-brother of filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn.