Liisa Randalu is an internationally active violist, born in Tallinn and raised in Karlsruhe. She began her musical training as a violinist before turning to the viola, studying in Frankfurt and Berlin, with further chamber music studies in Cologne and Madrid. Additional artistic inspiration came from masterclasses with leading violists and musicians.
From 2012 to 2022, Randalu was a member of the internationally acclaimed Schumann Quartet, with which she won several prestigious competitions and received major awards including the BBC Newcomer Award and Opus Klassik. During this time, she performed regularly at major festivals and in leading concert halls across Europe, collaborating with artists such as Sabine Meyer, Nicolas Altstaedt, and Menahem Pressler.
Since 2022, Liisa Randalu has been Principal Viola of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and is a lecturer in viola at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. She plays a 19th-century viola by Giovanni Pistucci, made in Naples.
