Jindřich Bastař

Jindřich Bastař fascinates me precisely because so little of him survives in the record. Born in Plánice in the Plzeň region in 1879 and gone by 1937, he was a violinist, composer, and teacher who lived through one of Central Europe's most turbulent stretches. I keep imagining the tone he must have coaxed from his strings, and the students he handed his craft to. The teaching detail moves me most: it means his music outlived him through others. He may be a footnote now, but I suspect those who heard him remembered the warmth, and that quiet legacy is worth honoring.

Name (English)

Jindřich Bastař

Name (Japanese)

インドルジヒ・バスターシュ

Reading

いんどるじひ・ばすたーしゅ

Born

July 15, 1879 – December 1, 1937

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Origin

Plánice, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic

Occupation

violinist / teacher / musician / composer

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%92%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5

Tags

• Plzeň Region
• violinist
• teacher
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.