The Josef Micka Violin Competition

Josef Micka (1903 – 1993) ranks among the outstanding personalities of CZECH VIOLIN EDUCATION.

After graduation from the secondary school, he continued his music studies at the PRAGUE CONSERVATOIRE IN THE CLASS OF PROFESSOR JINDRICH BASTAR. He was an excellent SOLOIST, but from the very beginning he largely gave himself to the CHAMBER MUSIC as well. In the 1920’s, he founded a very successful quartet together with his schoolmates. After the graduation from the PRAGUE CONSERVATOIRE, Josef Micka gained a scholarship of the Czech government which allowed him to continue studying for one year at the ECOLE DE MUSIQUE IN PARIS, in the class of professor JACQUES THIBAUD. This stay was equally inspiring for MICKA’S pedagogic activities, which gradually became his mane focus. In spite of his TEACHING and CONCERTS GIVING extensively, before the Second World War, he also managed to complete studies of musicology and psychology at the CHARLES UNIVERSITY.