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Josef Suk (8 August 1929 – 7 July 2011) was a Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor. In his home country he carried the title of National Artist. Suk's recordings of Dvořák's Violin Concerto, especially those with the Czech Philharmonic and conductors Karel Ančerl and Václav Neumann, are taken as references.
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Josef Suk (8 August 1929 – 7 July 2011) was a Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor. In his home country he carried the title of National Artist. Suk's recordings of Dvořák's Violin Concerto, especially those with the Czech Philharmonic and conductors Karel Ančerl and Václav Neumann, are taken as references.
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Youth and studies Josef Suk was born in Prague, the grandson of the composer and violinist Josef Suk, and great-grandson of the composer Antonín Dvořák. After finishing high school in 1945 he entered the Prague Conservatory (1945–1951), where his teachers were Jaroslav Kocián, Norbert Kubát and Karel Šnebergr. The most important of all his teachers was Jaroslav Kocián, who started teaching him privately when Suk was seven years old. Led by him, Suk mastered the violin art drawing from the spectacular interpretative art of his teacher, who was specific with his technique of tone formation. During his studies, in 1949, Suk was sent to Paris and Brussels where he represented successfully the young generation of Czech violinists. After leaving the Prague Conservatory, he spent four terms at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (AMU) with the professors Marie Hlouňová and Alexandr Plocek. However, before finishing his studies he was suspended for political reasons. AMU was rather a military and political school at that time. For example, I protested against being obliged to trench. That was because our fingers suffered – and I wanted to be a musician, not a soldier. That was the reason why I was suspended after…
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Concert career From 1950 to 1952, he was the primarius of the Prague quartet; from 1953 to 1955, he was concertmaster of the dramatic orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague; and until 1957, he was a soloist of the Army artist company. His first significant success was a recital in Prague on 6 November 1954. Shortly after that George Szell invited him to the US to play with the Cleveland Orchestra. In 1958 he performed in Germany, Netherlands and Romania, then also in France and Belgium. In 1960 he was lent the Antonio Stradivari violin called Duc de Camposelice, made in 1710. Its former owner was Váša Příhoda, who donated it to the Czechoslovak state shortly before his death. Suk also played the Libon Stradivari and The Prince of Orange violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu. He also used an instrument by Přemysl Špidlen for a long time. In 1961 Suk was named as soloist of the Czech Philharmonic, playing on many of its tours and recitals. He cooperated, and made numerous recordings, with the world's best orchestras, conductors and interpreters. He won many prizes for his recordings – Grand Prix du Disque for Instrumental and Symphonic Music for…
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Chamber music Aside from his solo career he focused on chamber music. As a student (1950–1952) he was the primarius of the Prague quartet and in 1951 he founded the Suk Trio, named after his father Josef Suk, together with his friends Jiří Hubička (piano) and Saša Večtomov (cello), later with Jan Panenka (piano, replaced then by Josef Hála) and Josef Chuchro (cello). The Suk Trio played many concerts both home and abroad and recorded many compositions. With the trio's later pianist Jan Panenka Suk recorded the entire collection of Beethoven's sonatas, and their recording of Shostakovich's sonata for viola and piano was the very first. As a violist he often cooperated with the Smetana Quartet, mostly as second viola. Another remarkable partnership was with the harpsichordist prof. Zuzana Růžičková. They were close friends and within many concerts they made many recordings, for example Bach's and Händel's sonatas. They were also dedicated a sonata by Růžičková's husband, Viktor Kalabis. Suk also collaborated with Julius Katchen and János Starker when recording Brahms's trios and sonatas. In 1974, as a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of birth of his grandfather Josef Suk, he founded the Suk Chamber Orchestra. Suk acted as its…
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Death Suk died on 7 July 2011, aged 81, of prostate cancer and was buried in Prague, in the Vyšehrad cemetery.
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Selected discography (violin) J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos - Supraphon Records Bach: Sonatas for Harpsichord and Violin – Lotos Records Beethoven: Concerto for violin in D; Dvořák: Concerto for violin in A minor – BBC Radio Classic Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 - Praga Records
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Berg: Concerto for violin – Supraphon Bartók: Concerto for violin No. 1 - Supraphon Brahms: Concerto, Op. 77; Concerto, Op. 102 – Praga Brahms: Concerto, Op. 77; Concerto, Op. 102 – Praga Brahms: Piano Trios and Violin Sonatas with Julius Katchen (piano) and Janos Starker (cello) – Decca Records Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73; Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 – Supraphon Brahms: Symphony No. 2/Double Concerto – Supraphon Brahms: The Violin Sonatas, with Julius Katchen – Decca (466 393–2) Chausson: Concerto for violin, piano & String Quartet; Fauré: Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Piano - Supraphon Dvořák: Concerto for violin in A minor – Supraphon Dvořák: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 – Supraphon Dvořák: Quartet Op. 51 / Sextet Op. 48 - Lotos Dvořák: Quintet in E-flat; Quintet No. 1 – Denon Records Dvořák: 'Songs My Great-Grandfather Taught Me' – Toccata Classics (2009) Dvořák: Trio No. 1; Trio No. 2 – Denon Records Dvořák: Violin Concerto; Romance; Josef Suk: Fantasy – Supraphon Dvořák: Works for Violin and Piano – Supraphon Janáček: Complete works for Violin, Cello and Piano – Carlton Classics Janáček: Sinfonietta, Op. 60; Taras Bulba, rhapsody – Supraphon
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Kodály: Musique de chambre – Praga Martinů: Sonata for violin No. 3; Madrigal Stanzas H.297 – Supraphon Mendelssohn: Concerto for violin in E minor; Bruch: Concerto for violin in G minor – Supraphon
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Mozart: Quintets – Denon Records Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat; Sinfonia concertante in E-flat – Panton Records Ravel: Sonatas for Violin and Piano; Sonata for Violin and Cello; Tzigane – Praga Schubert: String Quartet No. 1, D.87/String Quintet in C, Op. 163, D.956 - Praga Suk: Piano Quintets, Opp. 1 & 8 – Lotos Suk: Piano Trio; Piano Quartet; Piano Quintet – Supraphon Karel Ančerl Golden Edition No. 8. CD Supraphon: Praha 2002. SU 3668-2
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Biography Performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto No. 1 on YouTube