Josef Popelka

Josef Popelka (born December 24, 1954) is a Czech organist.

He graduated from the P.J. Vejvanovský Conservatory in Kroměříž and the Music Faculty of the AMU in Prague (Jiří Reinberger, Jan Hora, Milan Šlechta). He won prizes at many competitions, especially the 2nd prize and the title of laureate of the International Interpretation Competition of the Prague Spring in 1979. He filmed Bach's Musical Sacrifice for Panton - this film was awarded the Golden Shield Panton and for the company Bonton he then recorded The Art of Fugue. He is now a teacher at the Prague Conservatory and the Music Faculty of the AMU in Prague.