Antonio Rolla

Giuseppe Antonio Rolla (18 April 1798 – 19 March 1837) was an Italian violin and viola virtuoso and composer.

He became a violinist with the Teatro di Pavia in the spring of 1807, but lost the post with the fall of the Napoleonic Empire in 1814.

Having maintained contacts with the town of his birth, Rolla presented a concert at the Teatro Ducale in Parma on 11 June 1818.

In a letter written in 1820, Niccolò Paganini praised Rolla's ability after they had played violin duets at the request of his father.

The same year, he accepted the position of concertmaster at the Staatskapelle in Dresden on the recommendation of Paganini.