VC ARTIST | Josef Spacek – Michael Hill, Queen Elisabeth & Carl Nielsen Competition Prizes

Czech violin virtuoso Josef Spacek has firmly established an international reputation as one of the new generation's top tier concert soloists

September 9, 2019

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Czech violin virtuoso Josef Spacek has firmly established an international reputation as one of the new generation’s top tier concert soloists.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School, where he studied with Ida Kavafian, Jaime Laredo and Itzhak Perlman, Josef is a former prize winner at the Michael Hill, Kocian, Queen Elisabeth and Carl Nielsen International Violin Competitions.

His recent debuts include solo engagements with the Pilsen Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Czech Philharmonic, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Essener Philharmoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, Philadelphia Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.

Josef has served as Concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra since 2011 – but in July of this year announced he will step down from the position to further pursue his solo career.