The Kapralova Society Dedicated to promoting women in music Vitezslava Kapralova, Czech composer and conductor, b. Brno (now the Czech Republic), January 24, 1915; d. Montpellier (France), June 16, 1940. She was the only child of the Brno Conservatory teacher and composer Vaclav Kapral. Vitezslava started composing at the age of nine, showed remarkable talent, and at fifteen entered the Brno ...