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Rafael Kubelik
The Czech composer Rafael Kubelik was born into an artistic Bohemian family; his
father was a famous violinist and his mother was a Hungarian countess who had
eight children, five of whom became violinists. After studying at the Prague
Conservatory Kubelik graduated in 1933 and later embarked on a tour of the US
with his father in 1935. After returning to Czechoslovakia he took up a position
as musical director of the Brno Opera, a position he held until the Nazis shut
it down in 1941. Kubelik managed to continue with his musical career whilst the
country was under occupation but...
