Born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Vlad Hontila began playing the violin at the age of 7. His father, a renowned violinist in the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, discovered his gift for music. Vlad soon enrolled in the Gheorghe Dima Music Conservatory under the tutelage of Béres Melinda. In the following years, Vlad participated in various national competitions and olympiads in which he received many awards. In 2014, he performed Mozart’s Concerto No. 4 with the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra. The following year, he was invited to perform Wieniawski’s Polonaise in D major with the orchestra.

In 2015, he was awarded the "President's International String Quartet Scholarship", a full scholarship that brought him to the United States to complete his Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance at Western Illinois University, under the guidance of Dr. Julieta Mihai. For the four years he spent there, Vlad held the Concertmaster seat for both the Chamber and Symphony Orchestras. He also performed movements from the Sibelius and Saint-Saëns concertos with the school’s Symphony Orchestra, as well as many Baroque concerti with the Chamber Orchestra. Vlad was awarded Manhattan School of Music’s prestigious “Robert Mann Endowed Scholarship for Violin and Chamber Studies,” a full scholarship that allowed him to move to New York City to study with Lucie Robert.

Following the completion of his Master's degree at MSM, Vlad was accepted into the school’s Professional Studies program and stayed at the school for an additional year. In his three years at MSM, Vlad was chosen as Concertmaster for various cycles and performances under maestro George Manahan. He also studied chamber music with Peter Winograd and Nicholas Mann and won the Lilian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition with two different groups.

In the summer of 2022, Vlad was awarded the Kraeuter Musical Foundation Award for excellence in chamber music performance. Now based in New York City, Vlad is active as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician, performing in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, The Harvey Theater and more. His life-long passion for chamber music and solo repertoire pushes Vlad to continue exploring the secrets of violin technique and interpretation.