Josef Chuchro

Josef Chuchro (3 July 1931 – 19 August 2009) was a Czech cellist.

Life and career

Josef Chuchro was born on 3 July 1931 in Prague.[1] His father Josef Chuchro senior (1903–1975), who was an organist, provided him with the basics of musical education. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Prof. Karel Pravoslav Sádlo, and went on to teach, becoming, from 1990 to 1997, Dean of the Academy of Performing Arts.[2][3] Among his students were: Jiří Bárta, cs:Mikael Ericsson, and Tomáš Jamník [cs].[4]

He was awarded first prize in the Prague Spring Festival of 1955,[5] and first prize in the Casals second International Cello Contest of 1959, held in Mexico.[5][6]

He was a member of the Suk Trio (in which he replaced the founding cellist, Saša Večtomov), from 1952, and the Prague Cello Duo (founded in 1979 with his son Jan).[citation needed] In 1961, he was appointed soloist of the Czech Philharmonic.[5]

Chuchro died on 19 August 2009 in Prague.[1][7][8]

Recordings

The complete recording of Beethoven's sonatas and variations for cello and piano performed by Josef Chuchro and Jan Panenka received an Award of Merit.[clarification needed]

Josef Chuchro recorded 38 solo gramophone records, 9 of them with the Czech Philharmonic, and among the recordings 40 chamber music compositions.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chuchro, Josef (1931–2009) forme internationale". catalogue.bnf.fr. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Chuchro, Josef - Charakteristika: Violoncellista a pedagog" [Chuchro, Josef - Characteristics: Cellist and teacher]. Český hudební slovník osob a institucí (Czech musical dictionary of persons and institutions) (in Czech). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Zemřel prof. Josef Chuchro" [Prof. Josef Chuchro has died.]. Časopis Harmonie (in Czech). 22 September 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Teacher: Josef Chuchro". www.cellist.nl. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ a b c d "Josef Chuchro | jubileum" [Žižkov (festival) performer profiles: Josef Chuchro jubilee]. Životopis na webu Žižkov.cz. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  6. ^ Farrell, Peter; Rowell, Margaret (1 May 1959). "Pablo Casals Second International Cello Contest". American String Teacher. 9 (2): 8–12. doi:10.1177/000313135900900210. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Výsledky dotazu: Slova-Autoři/Korp.=Josef Chuchro" [Results for: Words-All fields= Josef Chuchro]. Souborný katalog České republiky (Union Catalog of the Czech Republic).
  8. ^ "Hudební fakulta AMU – životopis" [Faculty of Music, AMU – biography]. www.hamu.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
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