Simon Rowland-Jones, born in 1950, is a violist, composer, and music editor. He studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and later with Bruno Giuranna at the Academia de Santa Cecila in Rome. Rowland-Jones began his career as the founding violist of the Chilingirian Quartet. Throughout his career, he has released several albums, including Ernest Bloch, Music for Viola and Piano (1991) and Bach: Suites for Solo Violoncello Bwv 1007-1012, Volume 1 Suites 1 - 3 (2006). He was also widely recognized for his arrangement of the Bach Cello Suites for Viola. Rowland-Jones has additionally taught at various institutions, including the Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden and the Royal College of Music.
