Karel Krautgartner

Czech saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, band leader, conductor. Born July 20, 1922 in Mikulov (former Czechoslovakia), died September 20, 1982 in Cologne, former West Germany. Founder of the [a=Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra] (Taneční orchestr Československého rozhlasu) in 1960. Emigrated to Vienna, Austria, on August 21, 1968 – the day of the Warsaw Pact invasion to Czechoslovakia. Later he lived and worked in West Germany.