MILAN KUNDERA’S MUSICAL DNA: HOW BRNO TUNED THE WRITER

The Musical DNA of Milan Kundera: How Brno Tuned the Famous Writer

Tracing the Brno musical avant-garde with Miloš Štědroň

Milan Kundera grew up in the exceptionally stimulating environment of Brno’s musical modernism. From childhood, he was surrounded by the legacy of Leoš Janáček, whose compositions were frequently played at home by his father—Ludvík Kundera, a pianist, musicologist, and rector of JAMU. His father was a direct pupil of Janáček, as was the composer Václav Kaprál, who taught the young Milan and shaped his musical thinking. Throughout his life, Kundera viewed music not merely as background, but as a direct inspiration for the compositional structure of his novels. Join us to discover how Brno’s avant-garde musical milieu influenced one of the world’s most significant writers. Our guide will be the composer and personal friend of Milan Kundera, Miloš Štědroň.

The tour is organized in cooperation with the Milan Kundera Library.

Route: Královo Pole (near Nové Semilasso) – Berkova – Purkyňova – tram transfer to MZK

Meeting point: in front of Nový Semilass, Palackého tř. 124

Duration: 1.5 – 2 hours

Guide: Prof. Miloš Štědroň