Werner Resel (born 22 June 1935) is a German cellist.
Born in Essen, from 1949 Resel studied cello with Richard Krotschak at the Vienna Music Academy.
[2] In 1959 Resel became a member of the Vienna State Opera and in 1962 a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he was its managing director from 1982 to 1986.
In 1987 he succeeded Alfred Altenburger (born 1927)[3] as Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic, being replaced in this role by Clemens Hellsberg in 1997.
[4] Resel is vice president of the Johann Strauss-Gesellschaft Wien.