Roland Glassl

Roland Glassl has made a name for himself as a soloist and chamber musician that extends far beyond national borders. Numerous prizes at international competitions (including first prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition) and his 16 years as a member of the Mandelring Quartet (1999–2015) have taken him to many major stages and international festivals around the world.

As a soloist, he has worked with conductors such as Sir Colin Davis, Hermann Bäumer, Howard Griffiths, Hans Richter, Markus Poschner, Alfred Eschwé, and Theodor Guschlbauer, and has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Tonkünstler Orchestra Niederösterreich, the Mainz Philharmonic State Orchestra, the China National Opera House Symphony Orchestra, the Georgian Chamber Orchestra, the German State Philharmonic Orchestra Rhineland-Palatinate, the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra of Pécs, the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, and the Prague Chamber Orchestra. For many years, Roland Glassl has also been active as a solo violist in various leading orchestras.

Born in Ingolstadt, the musician first studied violin at the Munich University of Music and Theatre with Prof. Ana Chumachenco, before being fascinated by the sound of the viola and switching to viola with Prof. Atar Arad at Indiana University in Bloomington, USA.

Roland Glassl has held the professorship for viola at the University of Music and Theatre Munich since 2018.