Ludvík Kundera (musicologist)
Czech music educator and university educator (1891–1971)
Ludvík Kundera (17 August 1891 – 12 May 1971) was a Czechoslovak musicologist, pianist and academic administrator.
Biography
Kundera was born in Brno, Královo Pole as the youngest of seven siblings in a family which supported his passion for music from early childhood. He studied at German gymnasium and piano playing under Klotylda Schäfrová. Later he was taught by the czech composer Leoš Janáček. His first public performance took place in 1912, with compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, Bedřich Smetana and Franz Liszt.
During World War I, he served in the Czechoslovak Legion. He enlisted on 14 July 1914 and was assigned to the 8th Infantry Regiment operating in Sibiu, Transylvania. He was captured by Russians in 1915 and on 1 August 1916 he joined the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia. During his stay in Russia, he became familiar with the cultural life of the country and occasionally he organized and performed on public concertos. In June 1920, he travelled from Vladivostok to Trieste and later back to the Czechoslovakia.
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