Simon Rowland-Jones (born 1950) is a

violist The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the v ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

, and music editor. He is best known for his arrangement of the

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

Cello Suites The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). They are some of the most frequently performed solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the p ...

for Viola, which is widely praised as one of the best scholarly editions of the work for viola. He has taught at the

Malmö Academy of Music Malmö Academy of Music ( Swedish: Musikhögskolan i Malmö) is a Swedish public college dedicated to education and research within the fields of music and music pedagogy. The school is located in Malmö in southern Sweden and belongs to the Facu ...

in Sweden, the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...

, the

Royal Northern College of Music The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is a conservatoire located in Manchester, England. It is one of four conservatoires associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In addition to being a centre of music education ...

, the

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama () is a conservatoire located in Cardiff, Wales. It has three theatres: the Richard Burton Theatre, the Bute Theatre, and the Caird Studio. It also includes one concert hall, the Dora Stoutzker Hall, and ...

and the

Yehudi Menuhin School The Yehudi Menuhin School is a specialist music school in Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, England, founded in 1963 by violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. The current director of music is the British classical pianist Ashley Wass. The school is one ...

. He studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School, and later with

Bruno Giuranna Bruno Giuranna (born 6 April 1933 in Milan) is an Italian violist. Born in Milan, to composer Barbara Giuranna, Bruno Giuranna completed his musical studies at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. He founded the italian chamber orchestra " ...

at the Academia de Santa Cecila in Rome. He was the founding violist of the

Chilingirian Quartet The Chilingirian Quartet is a British string quartet. It gave its first public concert in Cambridge in 1972. By the time the quartet celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022, there had been various changes in the line-up. However, it has continued t ...

, and has also recorded several albums as a soloist. His mother Penny was the niece of philosopher Henri Bergson. https://seenandheard-international.com/2017/08/rowland-jones-laughter-and-time-premieres-at-the-north-norfolk-music-festival/

Selected works

* ''Four Phases'' for violin solo (1979) * ''Serenade'' for 10 winds (double wind quintet) (1979) * ''Seven Pieces'' for viola solo (1979) * Sonata for piano (1981) * String Quartet (1993)

Sources

Bio, Meridian Record Label Website (Retrieved Sept 16, 2006)
1950 births Living people English classical violists English composers Academics of the Royal College of Music Place of birth missing (living people) {{violist-stub