Vítězslava Kaprálová

What strikes me most about Vítězslava Kaprálová is the brutal brevity of her life. A Czech composer and conductor born in Brno in 1915, she was gone by 1940 at just twenty-five. To pursue conducting as a woman in that era took fierce conviction, and the fact that her official archive is still lovingly maintained tells me her music never stopped resonating. I admire artists who burn intensely rather than long, and Kaprálová feels exactly like that kind of comet. I would urge anyone curious about overlooked twentieth-century voices to seek out her scores and listen carefully.

Name (English)

Vítězslava Kaprálová

Name (Japanese)

ヴィーチェスラヴァ・カプラーロヴァー

Reading

ゔぃーちぇすらゔぁ・かぷらーろゔぁー

Born

January 24, 1915 – June 16, 1940

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Occupation

conductor / composer

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.kapralova.org/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC

Tags

• South Moravian Region
• conductor
• composer

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.