Josef Páleníček was a Czechoslovakian piano virtuoso and composer.
Education
Páleníček studied at the gymnasium in Prague, and concurrently he studied also at the Prague Conservatory. Simultaneously he studied law at the Charles University. He graduated from both schools in 1938.
He completed his studies at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, where he studied under Diran Alexanian and Pierre Fournier.
During his stay in Paris he studied also with Albert Roussel.
Career
From 1933 to 1938 he continued his studies at the master school of Karel Hoffmeister. Páleníček was also a pupil of Vítězslav Novák and Otakar Šín. From 1936 he started his career as a concert pianist and he became a solo pianist with the Czechoslovakian Philharmonic Orchestra in 1949.
However, his first public performance was at the age of 12 in 1926 in Olomouc.
Páleníček was appointed a professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1963.
Membership
Following the World World War II he also became a member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party.