The Suk Chamber Orchestra (Czech: Sukův komorní orchestr) is a classical

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

 chamber orchestra named after the composer Josef Suk

Josef Suk

Josef Suk may refer to:*Josef Suk *Josef Suk , the elder composer's grandson...

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It was founded by the violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

ist Josef Suk

Josef Suk (violinist)

Josef Suk was a Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor, the grandson of Josef Suk, the composer and violinist, and great-grandson of Antonín Dvořák. In his home country he carried the title of National Artist....

 in 1974, on the centenary of his grandfather, the composer Josef Suk

Josef Suk

Josef Suk may refer to:*Josef Suk *Josef Suk , the elder composer's grandson...

. The orchestra currently serves as resident orchestra at the W.A. Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

 Festival. It has appeared at other festivals, including the Prague Spring Festival. It is also winner of the Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvorák

Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...

World Award for its promotion of Czech music.