Oldřich František Korte - Piano Sonata

Garrick Ohlsson - Piano 00:00 Maestoso 07:35 Molto grave ma sempre animando poco a poco 10:47 Allegreto Quasi Fugato Oldřich František Korte (1926-1914) was a Czech Composer. 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.