Lady Tullo

Lady Tullo (real name: Magdalena Ewa Tul) – singer, composer, lyricist, producer.
Born on April 29, 1980 in a Polish town, Gdañsk. She discovered her love for music when she was 12 and started developing her singing interests as a member of children’s vocal band.
As a teenager she cooperated with many bands, gaining experience on a stage and in a studio. She started her first band „Desperados” and played a few concerts supporting well-known artists of the Polish musical scene. L.T. had also opportunity to gain some acting experience when she was still very young. She graduated from high school in a liberal arts and theater-oriented class. During her training at Teatr Miejski in Gdynia, she was able to learn the secrets of this challenging profession. In 1999 when she was 19, she enrolled in a school of music of secondary level in Gdañsk, in a classical singing class. She studied there for one year, working on her skills and expanding her knowledge. In the same year she enrolled in a graduate school, Bydgoszcz Academy, at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, where she specialized in artistic education in the realm of music. She was awarded MA in Arts in 2004.

In 2000 she moved to Warsaw where she started working as a singer and an actress for Studio Buffo, a musical theater created by Janusz Józefowicz and Janusz Stok³osa. She performed there among others as a lead singer in a musical “Metro” and also, in musical shows: „Beloved Country” („Ukochany Kraj”), “Sunday at the train station G³ówny” („Niedziela na G³ównym”) and “A Gypsy Evening” („Wieczór Cygañski”). Three years later she moved on to a new challenge and started cooperating with another musical theater, Teatr Muzyczny Roma (www.teatrroma.pl). She has performed there in musicals: „Miss Saigon”, „Grease”, „Cats” and currently – as Queen Aba in “Academy of Mr. Kleks” (“Akademia Pana Kleksa”).

In 2002 L.T. was invited to work as a singer in a popular TV show “Guess That Tune” (“Jaka to melodia”). At the same time she has been working with such bands as: Bajm, Janowski Project, Kasa, Sycha and with Zygmunt Kukla’s orchestra, Kukla Band.

Lady Tullo’s voice can also be heard on a cartoon movie soundtrack In August 2005 L.T. recorded a song for the Polish version of Walt Disney’s movie: „Szaty Króla II”.

In 2001 an original project was born, Lady Tullo Sqd, which was created by Lady Tullo, Piotr-Marcin and Piotr Podgórski. The stage name of Lady Tullo comes from her family name of Italian origin and it also became the band’s name. In order to record the first L.T. Sqd’s album, Loud Tally Records was created in 2004. The first album of Lady Tullo Sqd was produced by L.T. and Piotr-Marcin.

In November 2004 L.T. Sqd was chosen to the final group of ten bands at the Polish prescreening for the Eurovision Song Contest.
One year later, on June 10, 2005 L.T. presented another song, „ Id¼ Swoj± Drog±” (“Follow your own way”) during the concert “Premiery 2005” at Opole Festival in Poland.
L.T.Sqd also performed with a hip-hop artist, Sycha at the festival Top Trendy 2005 during the concert Eska Hit Squad.
In November 2005 the band was awarded two main prizes at the International Music Festival Universetalent in Prague (http://www.universetalent.cz/index-unt-2005.html): The Best Song for “Full of Life” written by Piotr-Marcin and The Best Singer for Lady Tullo.
In June 2006 L.T. was chosen to the semi-finals of the Top-Trendy Contest.

Another success came at Unisong International Songwriting Contest in 2006, where L.T. was awarded 3rd prize in Performance (Artist and Song) category (www.unisong.com).