Josef Reicha (12 February 1752 – 5 March 1795), also spelt Rejcha, was a Czech cellist, composer and conductor.
In 1771, Reicha became first cellist in the orchestra of Prince (Fürst) Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Wallerstein.
Together with the famous violinist Anton Janitsch, who also played in the orchestra, Reicha toured several European cities during the late 1770s and visited Leopold Mozart in Salzburg in 1778.
Reicha adopted his nephew Anton in 1780 (Josef married in 1779, but the marriage produced no children)[1] and subsequently taught him the violin and the piano.
Most of Reicha's compositions were completed in Wallerstein, such as his flute concerto, before his Bonn years.