Max Rostal

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Max Rostal (August 7, 1906 - August 6, 1991) was a violinist. He was Austrian-born, but later took British citizenship.

He was born in Cieszyn and studied with Carl Flesch. From 1930-33 he taught at the Berlin Hochschule, from 1944 to 1958 at the Guildhall School of Music, and then at the conservatory in Bern. His pupils included members of the Amadeus Quartet. He died in Bern.

Rostal played a wide variety of music, but was a particular champion of contemporary works such as Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2. He made a number of recordings.