Death of an unusual Czech composer, 56
mainThe death has been announced in Prague of the outsider composer and improviser, Markéta Procházková-Lutková.
No cause has been given.
Here’s a report from our Czech partners opera-plus.
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There is a longer English-language article about this composer here, including a much better recording of an improvisation she did at the age of 13: https://en.operaplus.cz/czech-composer-poet-and-improviser-marketa-prochazkova-lutkova-passes-away-too-soon/