He is a son of a notable Czech composer, organist and a pedagogue František Xaver Thuri.
After graduating from the Prague Conservatory in class of František Xaver Thuri, he went on to study at the Utrechts Conservatorium with Ernest Rombout and at the Faculty of Musical Arts in Ostrava with Dusan Foltyn.
He has further taken lessons and took part in master-classes with Jean-Louis Capezzali, Maurice Bourgue, Han de Vries, Jérôme Guichard, and Jacques Tys.
He is a professor of oboe and chamber music at the Prague Conservatory.
[3] Jan Thuri has won numerous prestigious oboe competitions, among them: