Cenek J. Vrba (born 11 April 1947 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a violinist and concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra between 1975 and 2011.

He is one of Canada's foremost violinists, being described as a "True inheritor of the Czech string tradition…violinist of a rare distinction".

[1] After immigrating to the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1968,[1] he pursued further studies in the United States and Europe.

While a senior at the University of Calgary in 1970 he won the Greater Spokane Music and Allied Arts Festival Grand Award.

[1] Vrba was appointed concert master of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in August 1975.