Harald Aadland

About Harald Aadland

Harald Aadland (born 1960) is a Norwegian violinist who has been concertmaster of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) since 1987. He studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, with Sándor Végh in Salzburg, and in the United States with Camilla Wicks and Almita and Roland Vamos, and has also worked with Nathan Milstein and Ruggiero Ricci. He led the Norwegian String Quartet for nine years and is a regular guest at chamber music festivals including IMS Prussia Cove. He has appeared as guest concertmaster with the Copenhagen Phil, the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Brisbane, Jönköping, Bergen, Trondheim and Kristiansand. As soloist he has collaborated with conductors including Paavo Järvi, John Storgårds, Andrew Manze, Christian Eggen, Ingar Bergby, Rolf Gupta and his brother Eivind Aadland. He has been employed at the Norwegian Academy of Music since 2000 and was appointed Professor in 2020.