Oldřich František Korte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Oldřich František Korte

Czech composer and pianist

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1926

Place of Birth: Šaľa, Nitra Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 10-Sep-2014

Profession: photographer, composer, pianist, music critic

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Oldřich František Korte

  • Oldrich František Korte (26 April 1926; Šala, Slovakia – 10 September 2014; Prague) was a Czech composer, pianist, publicist and writer.From 1943 to 1949 he studied at the Prague Conservatory, as a pupil of F.
  • Pícha.
  • He was forced to interrupt his studies in 1944-45, when he was imprisoned in a concentration camp.
  • Following the communist Victorious February in 1948 Korte was once more affected by the political situation in former Czechoslovakia.
  • He was forced to find work out of the artistic professions.
  • Nevertheless, he never gave up his musical and literary activities, and gradually became a respected composer and pianist.Korte cooperated with the important Czech experimental theatre Laterna Magika, whose director Alfréd Radok offered him the post of pianist.
  • He toured four continents with the ensemble of Laterna Magika, and played in more than 3000 performances.

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