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Josef Suk

1929 - 2011

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Suk is the 704th most popular musician (down from 602nd in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 295th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Czech Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Josef Suk ranks 704 out of 3,175. Before him are Suzanne Vega, Rufus Wainwright, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jeff Buckley, Xaver Scharwenka, and Eddie Gómez. After him are Steve Lacy, Stephen Morris, Victor Young, Klaus Voormann, Fou Ts'ong, and David Knopfler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Josef Suk ranks 204. Before him are Claude Goretta, Kjell Askildsen, Duje Bonačić, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. After him are Gerhard Hanappi, Peter Yates, Roger Byrne, Shakuntala Devi, René Laloux, and Julinho. Among people deceased in 2011, Josef Suk ranks 142. Before him are Frederick Chiluba, María Elena Walsh, Ali Saibou, Édouard Glissant, Hella Haasse, and Jean Bartik. After him are Peter Yates, Ladislav Novák, Kazimierz Świątek, Mohamed Bouazizi, Josip Katalinski, and Virgilio Noè.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Suk ranks 346 out of 1,200. Before him are Václav Tomášek (1774), Josef Jungmann (1773), Milan Baroš (1981), Anton Schindler (1795), Karel Jaromír Erben (1811), and Jiří Raška (1941). After him are Otakar Ševčík (1852), Antonio Rosetti (1746), Karel Poborský (1972), Dominik Hašek (1965), Jan Mukařovský (1891), and Ladislav Novák (1931).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Josef Suk ranks 10. Before him are Jan Kubelík (1880), David Popper (1843), Wojciech Żywny (1756), Jan Hammer (1948), Rudolf Serkin (1903), and Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812). After him are Ivan Mládek (1942), Franz Konwitschny (1901), Eduard Nápravník (1839), Ignaz Brüll (1846), Alexander Dreyschock (1818), and Miroslav Vitouš (1947).

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