Eivind Ringstad joins the Royal College of Music as professor of viola
London’s Royal College of Music (RCM) has announced the appointment of Norwegian violist Eivind Ringstad as its new professor of viola. Ringstad is currently principal viola of the London Symphony Orchestra, which he joined in 2024.
Ringstad maintains a career as a soloist, orchestra and chamber musician. Born in 1994, his breakthrough came after winning first prize at Eurovision Young Musicians 2012 in Vienna, and has since been performing as a soloist with orchestras including Oslo Philharmonic, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Lahti Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors including Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Han-ah Chang and Joshua Weilerstein.
As a chamber musician, he has appeared at the Edinburgh International Festival and Utrecht and Oslo Chamber Music Festivals, performing alongside musicians such as Janine Jansen, Steven Isserlis and Leif Ove Andsnes. Ringstad is currently artistic director for Norsjø Chamber Music Festival in Telemark, Norway.
Ringstad studied at the Barratt Due Music Institute in Oslo, Norway, with Soon-Mi Chung, and also took lessons with Henning Kraggerud. In 2016 he was awarded the Borletti Buitoni fellowship award and participated in the BBC New Generation Artist Scheme.
Ringstad plays the 1676 Andrea Guarneri ‘Conte Vitale’ viola, generously on loan from Dextra Musica.
The news follows a spate of new appointments at RCM. Recent new string appointments to the faculty include violinists Jennifer Pike, Peter Manning, Mathilde Milwidsky and Alexander Gilman, plus cellist Richard Harwood.
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