A Czech pianist and teacher. He studied piano with Karl Hoffmeister and Emil Mikelka and composition with Vítězslav Novák at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Before embarking on a career as a pianist, he worked for several months at the Förster piano factory. From 1939, he taught at his Alma Mater. He is regarded as one of the most outstanding Czech pianists.
He was a juror of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw five times (1960, 1965, 1975, 1980, 1985).
František Rauch
