Violinist, educator and composer Attended the Prague Conservatory, studying violin with Anton Bennewitz and composition with Karel Stecker. During his conservatory studies, he would practice with Caesar Thomson in Liège and Paul Marsick in Paris. After graduation, he was active abroad for several years. In 1908–33, he took the spot of the concert master of the Prague National Theatre orchestra. Along with other musicians from the National Theatre, he went on to form the National Theatre Quartet (later renamed to Buchtel's Quartet) and the Kramář Quartet. He wrote a study schedule for violin playing and is the author of several small compositions for violin and piano.