Václav Snítil (1 March 1928, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic – 19 July 2015, Prague) was an award-winning Czech violinist and music educator. He first studied with his teacher being Czech violinist Jaroslav Kocián for 8 years from 1942 to 1950, and composition under famed Czech composer Vítězslav Novák for 3 years between 1946 and 1949. In 1953, he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He briefly worked as a concert master in the Army Opera and Drama Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague.