Josef Suk (8 August 1929 – 7 July 2011) was a Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor.

Suk's recordings of Dvořák's Violin Concerto, especially those with the Czech Philharmonic and conductors Karel Ančerl and Václav Neumann, are taken as references.

After finishing high school in 1945 he entered the Prague Conservatory (1945-1951), where his teachers were Jaroslav Kocián, Norbert Kubát and Karel Šnebergr.

During his studies, in 1949, Suk was sent to Paris and Brussels where he represented successfully the young generation of Czech violinists.

In the last minute I was saved when I got to the Army artist company, where I spent the two years of military service playing the violin."

Suk also played the Libon Stradivari and The Prince of Orange violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu.

He won many prizes for his recordings – Grand Prix du Disque for Debussy's and Janáček's sonatas, for the Dumky Trio by Dvořák with Jan Panenka and Miloš Sádlo, for the complete collection of Mozart's violin concerts with the Prague Chamber Orchestra conducted by Libor Hlaváček, for the Berg Concerto and for the concertos of Martinů.

With the Czech Philharmonic, conducted by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, he recorded Harold en Italie by Hector Berlioz.

Josef Suk also collaborated with Julius Katchen and János Starker when recording Brahms's trios and sonatas.

Josef Suk died on 7 July 2011, aged 81, of prostate cancer and was buried in Prague, the Vyšehrad cemetery.