Otilie Suková

Otilie Suková, also known as Otilie Suková-Dvořáková (née Otilie Dvořáková; 6 June 1878 – 5 July 1905), was a Czech pianist and composer. She was the daughter of composer Antonín Dvořák and the wife of violinist and Dvořák’s pupil Josef Suk the Elder. Life Youth Otilie Dvořáková was born on 6 June 1878 in New Town quarter of Prague, into the Dvořák family: Antonín Dvořák and his wife Anna Dvořáková, a musician and Dvořák’s former pupil. She had siblings Otakar and Magdalena, a talented opera singer. Already in her childhood, she was an excellent pianist with her father’s support, and she graduated from a girls’ high school in Prague. She also attended his family’s stays in the United States and England from 1892 to 1894, growing up in an exceptionally rich cultural and artistic environment of her time. She also composed several short piano pieces. Marriage to Josef Suk After returning to Bohemia, she met and eventually developed a deep emotional relationship with one of her father’s students, Josef Suk, whom she married in Prague on 17 November 1898. He dedicated several of his compositions to her and she also inspired him to create the scenic fairy tale Radúz and Mahulena to a lib