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Josef \u0160pa\u010dek has gradually established himself as one of the most accomplished violinists of his generation. He studied with Itzhak Perlman at The Juilliard School in New York, Ida Kavafian and Jaime Laredo at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and with Jaroslav Folt\u00fdn at the Prague Conservatory. He was laureate of the International Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and won top prizes at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand, the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition in Denmark and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York.<\/p>\n

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Highlights during the 2017\/18\/19 seasons include a return visit to the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Marc Albrecht, as well as debuts with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Capitole de Toulouse and Thomas S\u00f8nderg\u00e5rd, the Bamberger Symphoniker and Manfred Honeck, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanchev, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Michael Sanderling, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and Aziz Shokhakimov, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and Tom\u00e1\u0161 Netopil, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Christian Vasquez, the Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen and Daniel Blendulf and the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra and Lio Kuokman. He continues to appear as soloist of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra for concerts conducted by Semyon Bychkov and Thomas Ad\u00e8s.<\/p>\n

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Previous highlights include subscription concerts with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Valery Gergiev, a return visit to the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI Torino and James Conlon, his debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Ji\u0159\u00ed B\u011blohl\u00e1vek, his Berlin debut with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Thomas Sanderling, his Amsterdam Concertgebouw debut with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Thomas S\u00f8nderg\u00e5rd, his Tokyo debut with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Jakub Hr\u016f\u0161a and debuts with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto and Gerard Korsten, the S\u00f8nderjylland Symphony Orchestra and Johannes Wildner and the Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen and Adrien Perruchon (recorded by Mezzo Live HD TV), as well as recital debuts in among others Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and La Jolla, San Diego. He was also the soloist of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Ji\u0159\u00ed B\u011blohl\u00e1vek during their Asia tour.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the afore-mentioned orchestras Josef \u0160pa\u010dek has appeared with orchestras across Europe, the US and Asia, such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Prague Philharmonia, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Essener Philharmoniker, Tonk\u00fcnstlerorchester Nieder\u00f6sterreich, Orchestre National de Belgique, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Filarm\u00f3nica de M\u00e1laga, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony and Queensland Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n

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He collaborates with conductors such as the late Ji\u0159\u00ed B\u011blohl\u00e1vek, Jakub Hr\u016f\u0161a, Valery Gergiev, Christoph Eschenbach, Manfred Honeck, Semyon Bychkov, James Conlon, Asher Fisch, Roy Goodman, Eliahu Inbal, Jun M\u00e4rkl, Thomas S\u00f8nderg\u00e5rd, Thomas Sanderling, Giordano Bellincampi, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Netopil, Marco Angius and Rossen Milanov.<\/p>\n

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Josef \u0160pa\u010dek gives recitals and takes part in chamber music festivals in Europe (among others at the Rudolfinum in Prague, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Evian Festival, Kaposfest and Schlo\u00df Elmau), Asia and the USA (among others at Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., La Jolla, San Diego, ChamberFest Cleveland and Nevada Chamber Music Festival ).<\/p>\n

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Supraphon released highly praised recordings of the violin concertos of Dvo\u0159\u00e1k and Jan\u00e1\u010dek, and of the Fantasy of Suk, with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ji\u0159\u00ed B\u011blohl\u00e1vek (among others \u201cRecording of the week\u201d of The Sunday Times, \u201cRecording of the month and of the year\u201d of MusicWeb International and 5* in Diapason), as well as a recital disc with works for violin and piano by Smetana, Jan\u00e1\u010dek and Prokofiev with pianist Miroslav Sekera. In 2010 he recorded works by H.W. Ernst for Naxos. His first CD, which was released in 2006, includes a complete recording of the Sonatas for Solo Violin by Eug\u00e8ne Ysa\u00ffe.<\/p>\n

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He has served as concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the youngest in its history. The orchestra has named him \u201cAssociate Artist\u201d as of January 2016. Josef \u0160pa\u010dek performs on the ca. 1732 \u201cLeBrun; Bouthillard\u201d Guarneri del Ges\u00f9 violin, generously on loan from Ingles & Hayday.<\/p>\n

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