Emil Ludvík
Emil Ludvík (born August 16, 1917 in Prague , † April 15, 2007 in Česká Lípa ) was a Czech jazz musician (piano, accordion, band leader), film composer and human rights activist .
Live and act
Ludvík studied music with Josef Suk at Charles University , as well as philosophy , sociology and art history . During the occupation of the Czechoslovak Republic by Germany, he worked underground on the one hand, and on the other, led an excellent swing orchestra after a student jazz quintet in which musicians such as Ždenek Novak , Ladislav Habart , Jiří Verberger , Walter Paul , Jan Hammer senior and Miroslav Vrba played as well as ( illegal) Fritz Weiss , who was the actual director of the ensemble until his deportation to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1941. The big band recorded records for the Esta label, which were re-released on two CDs. Ludvik was known as the "uncrowned king of Czech hot jazz".
After the Second World War, he became an employee of the President Edvard Beneš , for whom he worked as private secretary. After his death, he was imprisoned for two years. He then worked for radio and as a film composer. In 1968, during the Prague Spring , he founded the Czechoslovak League for Human Rights with František Tomášek and Milan Machovec . He was also one of the first to sign Charter 77 .
Filmography
- Muž, který stoupl v ceně (1967)
- Dobrodružství s nahým klukem (1964)
- Malý Bobeš ve městě (1962)
- Malý Bobeš (1961)
- Prázdniny v oblacích (1959)
- Jaroslav Vojta, herec čistého srdce (1959)
- Brankář bydlí v naší ulici (1958)
- Cestou k divákům (1958)
- Když film promluvil (1958)
- Přišel na návštěvu (1956)
- Vzorný cinematographer Haška Jaroslava (1955)
- Malý sen (1955)
Lexical entries
- Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Emil Ludvík in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Emil Ludvik in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josef Škvorecký Talkin 'Moscow Blues 1990, p. 157
- ↑ Helsinki Watch Human Rights in Czechoslovakia 1989, p. 87
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ludvík, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech jazz musician, composer and human rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 2007 |
| Place of death | Česká Lípa |