[1] He was born in Hamburg but moved to Norway in 1928 to take up the post as concert master of the Oslo Philharmonic after Max Rostal.

The two had studied together under Carl Flesch, and when Rostal was offered a position as a professor in Berlin, he suggested Glaser as his successor.

He returned to Norway in 1945 and stayed in the position as concert master of the Oslo Philharmonic until 1969, only interrupted by his three years in exile.

Glaser burned for teaching, but was also heavily involved in the work of amateur orchestras.

Some of these have recently put Ernst Glaser in the focus again, with the publication of the first volume of a series of historic recordings, Great Norwegian Performers 1945–2000 (Simax PSC1830, 2006).