Career
Soon after his birth, Kuchař"s parents moved to Mlázovice, where he lived out his childhood. He was a student of organist Josef Seger in Prague. From 1772 he acted as organist in the Kostel sv.
Jindřicha v Praze (Church of Street Jindrich in Prague).
In Prague, he also began teaching music in the noble Hartig, Buquoy and Příchovský families. He was active in the teaching of singing, piano, organ, and composition.
Kuchař was among the first to recognize the genius of West. A. Mozart and started to propagate lieutenant In the year 1786, he most likely played in the Stavovské divadlo at the premiere of The Marriage of Figaro and in January 1787 he became acquainted with Mozart on his Prague visit.
On October 28 in the same year, he played together with Mozart on harpsichord at the premiere performance of Don Giovanni.
He wrote piano excerpts from both operas, as well as from the opera Così fan tutte. In addition, he composed recitatives for an Italian version of The Magic Flute. In 1790, Kuchař left the church after being nominated as organist of the Monastery at Strahov, in the Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie (Church of the Assumption), on September 1.
He accepted the offer and played organ at the Strahov monastery.
He continued to teach mandolin, organ and the theory of music He also began to perform stand-alone concerts and his reputation soon spread, for in 1791 he was appointed conductor of the opera, Prague, and he officiated there for many years, during which time several of his own works met with success.
lieutenant was while he was conductor of the Prague opera that he first met and became intimately associated with Mozart. From 1791, he performed as harpsichordist of the Pražská operní společnost (Prague Opera Society).
On September 6, 1791, he likely played at the premiere of Mozart"s opera Louisiana clemenza di Tito.
In this period he composed a series of organ and chamber compositions, especially for the Strahov choir. Kuchař he remained conductor of the opera until 1800 when he resigned.
