Born in Langenau near Ulm, From 1966 to 1973 Konold studied musicology, German studies and History at the Christian-Albrechts-University as well as viola, music composition and conducting at the Lübeck Academy of Music.
After his doctorate in 1974 with Kurt Gudewill, Möseler, and Wolfenbüttel among others 1975, p. 192with his thesis Secular cantatas in the 20th century he became a research assistant at the University of Kiel.
In 1982 he founded the "Ensemble Musica Viva Hannover",[1] and from 1989 to 1996 he conducted the Kiel Chamber Orchestra.
As a musicologist, he took on teaching positions at the Saarland University, the Hochschule für Musik Saar, the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover (as professorial representative), the University of Hamburg, the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg and the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart.
Konold died of cancer in Munich at the age of 63.