Kundera was born in Brno, Královo Pole as the youngest of seven siblings in a family which supported his passion for music from early childhood.
[2] His first public performance took place in 1912, with compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, Bedřich Smetana and Franz Liszt.
During his stay in Russia, he became familiar with the cultural life of the country and occasionally he organized and performed on public concertos.
In 1925, he attended the masterclasses of Alfred Cortot at the École Normale de Musique in Paris.
[1] He also continued his studies in Vienna and Prague and earned a doctorate in musicology from Brno University in 1925.