Praised for his remarkable range of colours, his confident and concentrated stage presence, his virtuosity and technical poise as well as the beauty of his tone, Josef Špaček has gradually emerged as one of the leading violinists of his generation. He appears with orchestras including the Orchestre de Paris, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and others. He collaborates with eminent conductors and soloists. He equally enjoys giving recitals and playing chamber music and is a regular guest at festivals and in concert halls throughout Europe. Supraphon released a highly praised recording of the violin concertos of Dvořák and Janáček, coupled with the Fantasy of Suk, and a recital disc with works for violin and piano by Smetana, Janáček and Prokofiev. Other recordings include works by Ernst (Naxos) and an early CD with the complete Sonatas for Solo Violin by Ysaÿe. Josef Špaček studied with Itzhak Perlman at The Juilliard School in New York, Ida Kavafian and Jaime Laredo at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He was laureate of the International Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels and won top prizes at othere prestigious competitions. He has served as concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the youngest in its history.